Trump’s Sweeping Meat Order Is No Quick Fix for Supply Woes (1)

A day after Donald Trump’s unprecedented executive order to keep meat plants running, one more shut down. Another opened back up -- but only to cull animals that can’t be processed. Those are the latest indications that the sweeping order is anything but a quick fix for supply-chain woes.

Tyson Foods Inc., the biggest U.S. meat processor, late on Wednesday said it was idling a beef facility in Nebraska for four days, with the news hitting just about 24 hours after Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to keep meat supplies secure. A JBS SA plant in Minnesota is starting ...