# Rendering Plants Lack Capacity to Handle Mass Disposal of Euthanized Animals

> Plant closures tied to COVID-19 outbreaks in pork, poultry and beef facilities are backing up market-ready livestock on farms. Industry officials said the rendering sector could not handle mass disposal if producers were forced to euthanize herds.

- Date: 2020-04-20 · published 2020-04-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53759-rendering-plants-lack-capacity-to-handle-mass-disposal-of-euthanized-animals
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

Backed-up livestock and possible euthanasia signal demand disruption for hogs and cattle, pressuring live animal prices and raising rendering and meat-meal supply uncertainty.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: neutral
- HOGS: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2018-12-05 | [SHIC Global and Domestic Disease Monitoring Reports Posted – American Association of Swine Veterinarians](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61448-shic-global-and-domestic-disease-monitoring-reports-posted-american-association.md) | -2.8% | +3.0% |
| HOGS | 2022-12-02 | [Two deadly viruses discovered in animals in the Czech Republic - Prague, Czech Republic](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16222-two-deadly-viruses-discovered-in-animals-in-the-czech-republic-prague-czech.md) | -0.5% | +2.2% |
| HOGS | 2026-06-25 | [Animal health epidemic intelligence report - Asia and the Pacific](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15900-animal-health-epidemic-intelligence-report-asia-and-the-pacific.md) | -0.2% | +7.3% |
| HOGS | 2021-06-21 | [Swine Fever Variants Lead to Mass Outbreaks Across China - Caixin Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46447-swine-fever-variants-lead-to-mass-outbreaks-across-china-caixin-global.md) | -5.4% | -3.6% |
| HOGS | 2019-04-25 | [LIVESTOCK MARKETS: Poultry poised to be king of proteins](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59707-livestock-markets-poultry-poised-to-be-king-of-proteins.md) | -1.4% | +1.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-03-31 | [USDA Eyes Phased Reopening of Southern Border to Mexican Feeder Cattle - RFD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20115-usda-eyes-phased-reopening-of-southern-border-to-mexican-feeder-cattle-rfd.md) | +3.8% | +5.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-09-04 | [Australia remains free of lumpy skin disease despite Indonesia blocking cattle imports, officials say \| Rural and regional Australia \| The Guardian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34038-australia-remains-free-of-lumpy-skin-disease-despite-indonesia-blocking-cattle.md) | +0.8% | +1.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-10-23 | [Mexican ag minister to discuss with US counterpart opening border to cattle amid screwworm outbreak \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22362-mexican-ag-minister-to-discuss-with-us-counterpart-opening-border-to-cattle.md) | -2.0% | -7.9% |

## Sources

- agriculture.com: https://www.agriculture.com/news/livestock/rendering-plants-lack-capacity-to-handle-mass-disposal-of-euthanized-animals

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