Demand drivers. Even without a worldwide pandemic, economic shutdowns and disruptions in food processing, Dan Basse would have covered demand drivers at the 15th annual Feeding Quality Forum.
Any plans for 2020 were shredded as the novel coronavirus spread, and today the animal protein industry is still finding its way through the mess of a COVID-19 pandemic that hasn’t yet ended.
Because of COVID-19, 2020 is the ultimate anomaly. Millions of Americans are working from home or sequestered at home. The marketplace disruption caused by COVID-19 spells uncertainty for the year’s most anticipated food and beverage trends.
According to the North American Meat Institute (NAMI), 527,019 people work in the meat and poultry industry in production and packing, importing, sales, packaging and direct distribution of meat and poultry products.
The University of Wisconsin-River Falls Animal Welfare Lab's summary of the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service's (FSIS) humane handling regulatory activity from 2018 identified ineffective stunning as the most common cause of suspension.
Members of the American Veal Association (AVA) continued their efforts this year in sharing their farm stories with others to learn how veal is raised today.
While the protein market has seen its share of ups and downs this year, the turkey industry has focused on finding balance in the marketplace, investing in the future of the industry and identifying new markets and audiences for our products.
"Economic and political order has become disorder," said Dan Basse, president of AgResource, in market analysis comments at the 2019 Feeding Quality Forum in Amarillo, Texas.