Last week, the president and CEO of Smithfield Foods, one of the nation's largest meat-processing companies, warned of "severe, perhaps disastrous" consequences for the country's meat-supply chain following the closure of several of its plants. -GEG

Republican Kentucky Rep Thomas Massie warned just days ago that struggling farmers faced with economic Armageddon could soon be forced to start euthanizing their livestock even though the US is facing potential food shortages.

It's already happening.