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Coronavirus Special Report: Reps. Jim Hagedorn and Dusty Johnson

Three Smithfield plants, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Cudahy, Wisconsin, and Martin City, Missouri, are now shuttered due to COVID-19. Those plants supplied more than 130 million servings of pork per week, and their closure threatens the supply of meat to grocers and restaurants across the country.
Three Smithfield plants, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Cudahy, Wisconsin, and Martin City, Missouri, are now shuttered due to COVID-19. Those plants supplied more than 130 million servings of pork per week, and their closure threatens the supply of meat to grocers and restaurants across the country. (Tom Williams/Roll Call)
By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell
Posted April 16, 2020 at 12:58pm

Agriculture is the focus of this episode. Shawn Zeller speaks to GOP Reps. Jim Hagedorn of Minnesota and Dusty Johnson of South Dakota about the impact of COVID-19 on food safety, food stamps and more.

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