APRIL ON THE FARM

This month’s newsletter is going to be a departure from what our normal newsletter talks about. This month we will concentrate on what changes are currently happening in the meat industry and how those changes are affecting all the smaller farms here in South Carolina including us.

In the past few weeks we have heard of major processing plants shutting down because several of their employees have tested positive for Covid-19. So far 2 beef processing plants in Pa, Cargil and JBS, have shut down and remain closed, Smithfield announced they are closing their Sioux Falls SD plant after almost 700 employees tested positive with 1 dying, and Tyson has announced it is closing a plant in Ga after employees starting testing positive and a couple died. The Smithfield Sioux Falls plant alone processes 4% to 5% (18 million meals a day) of the US pork requirement. We expect to continue hearing of processing plant closures in the upcoming weeks as the disease spreads.

We care about the food you eat

Keegan-Filion Farm cares about what you eat. Our promise is simple:

• Grass-Fed
• Hormone Free
• Antibiotic Free
• No Animal By-Products
• Humane Treatment of our Animals

The above terms may have different meanings depending upon who is using them but to us it is our pledge to you that what we produce will be the best that we can provide.

Read here for our definitions of these sometimes nebulous terms.