Hypothetical covid19 question

[malleefarmer]

Got asked yesterday pondering it all day

Rural radio

What would AG look like if no covid19.

Grain maybe similar.

Livestock Sector taken a big dip

Aquaculture huge step back

I’ve become a herd immunity fan again as long as over 65s can be protected

[tweety]

It would look exactly the same.

[Daylate]

Better bulk rail movement.

[tweety]

Better bulk rail movement.

Worse grain movement without Covid, way less imports and rail commodities moving with covid, so grain gets moved. Bonus.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

It seems to me we were having problems with violent criminals blocking our rail lines until COVID became a thing, and they suddenly disappeared. By that measure, perhaps we are better off as farmers?

[malleefarmer]

You guys haven’t got meatworks abbatiotors closing and nowhere to kill stock?

Oyster farmers main income restaurants can sell em oysters if there closed. Huge industry here in Oz and huge exports

[TOM4CWB]

You guys haven’t got meatworks abbatiotors closing and nowhere to kill stock?

Oyster farmers main income restaurants can sell em oysters if there closed. Huge industry here in Oz and huge exports

Mallee,
We have been through a few cycles of Covid-19 plant worker shut downs... but looks like they have figured out how to operate ;

Therefore we have reasonable meat supply but prices have doubled in some cases, yet volume down because many restaurants not operating at pre-covid19 business... people are consuming less meat perhaps?