The coronavirus has wreaked havoc on the ag industry – disrupting supply chains, closing down critical processing plants and causing ag commodity prices to take a nosedive.

Economic growth projections for the U.S. and the world have been revised downward due to the impacts of COVID-19, with many global growth projections having contractions of nearly 3%.

The dairy industry is no stranger to struggle. If you’re in this business for any length of time, it’s because you were created with the constitution and passion to survive it. Today, your constitution is being stretched and, if you let it, your faith will be strengthened.

We can’t do it alone at Feeding America. Our country’s food insecurity issue is too large, and it’s becoming exponentially larger as we manage our way through the COVID-19 crisis.

The COVID-19 crisis has caused great disruptions in the labor market. One of the few opportunities for dairy farms in this crisis may be to attract well-qualified candidates who would not have previously been available.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) ordered the country’s four largest meat-packing companies to provide information as part of an ongoing probe of possible antitrust violations, according to a report from Bloomberg.

The novel coronavirus has impacted daily tasks and routines for everyone. Stay-at-home orders and social-distancing guidelines have many isolating at home, and large gatherings are being replaced with Zoom meetings and FaceTime calls.

As the world reacted to the coronavirus pandemic, it didn’t take long to find out which jobs are deemed essential and which ones we can live without, at least temporarily. It’s not surprising that our essential workers are the same group of people who don’t shutter their businesses on a holiday.

Sun streams onto my computer in my farm office as I imagine what life is like for you on your farm. I’ve just been blessed by the wise words of Donna Brighton, a wise coach and realistic woman in the Brighton Leadership Group.