With restaurants closed, a bacon backup is building in Minnesota and hog prices are plunging

Coronavirus has pulled the rug out from under demand for pork belly and ribs, driving hog prices to their lowest level in nearly two decades.

Amid simmering concerns the nation's meatpacking capacity could tighten as workers get sick and plants close, hog farmers now also face major losses on every pig they raise and sell.

https://www.startribune.com/with-restaurants-closed-a-bacon-backup-is-building-in-minnesota-and-prices-are-plunging/569470222/