Coronavirus: What closures and restrictions on Canada’s 2 largest meat packing plants means for the cattle industry

Alberta produces more than 70 per cent of Canada’s beef. Now, with its two largest facilities impacted by more than 500 cases of COVID-19, the industry isn’t receiving the success 2020 initially had in store. Eloise Therien reports.

• 2 employees of Mountain View Poultry plant in Okotoks test positive for novel coronavirus
• 2 Alberta meat plants affected by COVID-19 make up 70% of Canada’s beef processing capabilities