Carthage Veterinary Service COVID-19 Pork Industry Update May 20, 2020

Carthage Veterinary Service is working diligently to support you and the industry through the current crisis.  This is a status update to hit industry highlights and our focus on the following 3 KEY areas:  Keep packing plants running in full production  If required, support depopulation and disposal  Indemnity payments for loss of livestock  Keeping Plants Open Regional idle plant capacity is now at 20% and slowly continues to improve. Most notable increases over last week were at the Smithfield Monmouth and Triumph St. Joseph plants: