Meat market working overtime to help local farmers

Meat processors are in high demand during what state leaders call a "Pork Processing Crisis"

And it isn't only large plants being impacted.

Minnesota and iowa farmers have animals ready to sell and slaughter... but face obstacles finding processors to get the meat sal?ready.

Kimt news 3's annalise johnson is speaking to a local meat market working overtime to lend a hand to area farmers.

She joins us live.

Annalise?

Live amy?

The conger meat market tells me part of the suppl?demand problem is some people are pani?

Buying meat.

I myself?

Just have a pack of chicken?

And a pack of turkey in my freezer.

The conger meat market owners say as long as people are just buying as much as they need at that time?

There should be plenty of meat to go around.

To keep up with the growing demand of people wanting to buy local meat?

And farmers wanting to sell animals?

Darcy and jeremey johnson are doubling the amount of hogs they process each week.

During our interview?

Their phone was ringing off the hook from people wanting to buy pork.

The johnsons tell me they're just trying to lend a hand to area farmers during this crisis.

But while the meat is flying off the shelves?

The small meat market only has the resources to process so many hogs each week.xxx we hope that when this crisis is all behind us, that people remember the small farmer next year when it comes time to fill your freezer with beef and pork that you call that farmer again, not just during the crisis despite president trump's executive order to keep large meat processing plants open during the pandemic?

The conger meat market expects to be very busy through the entire year.

If you're concerned about purchasing meat from a large processor?

Buying directly from a farmer or a small meat market is still an option.

Live in rochester annalise johnson kimt news 3.

Thank you annalise.

Several unions?

Including the iowa farmers union?

Are critizing trump's order?

Expressing concern for the health and safety of meat processing plant workers./// kimt news 3 is tracking the very latest coronavirus