The coronavirus pandemic emphasized weaknesses in the meat processing system for many states.
Dr. Charlie Hatcher, Tennessee’s Commissioner of Agriculture says they’re making investments to improve their state’s processing sector. “The Governor and the Economic Stimulus Accountability Group awarded us $55-million of the CARES money for ag and forestry,” he says. “Of that $55-million, we have allocated about 20 percent of that money for meat processing increase in capacity. He tells Brownfield they expect the investments to have a significant impact on Tennessee’s ag economy.
