Articles Tagged with ''covid-19''

With unemployment spiking across the country as a result of the coronavirus, more and more people who never needed food assistance before are looking for help, forcing food banks, commodity groups and USDA to think creatively about how to meet the growing demand.

Fish and Wildlife delays report on listing bumblebees as endangered * Money, employee limit at issue with loans * Progress on carbon in EPA report

Newsom offers support for children of ag workers * USDA to provide food bank vouchers * China makes good on pledge

A major beef packing plant will come offline this week after detecting coronavirus infections among its staff, two of whom have died.

Andrew LaVigne, president and CEO of the American Seed Trade Association, discusses how seed companies are working towards securing the food system by making sure farmers, ranchers and gardeners have access to quality seed for the upcoming planting season.

Without government relief, some analysts are sharply lowering their estimates of net farm income because of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on agricultural markets, with the livestock sector and corn growers bearing much of the hit.

A major pork processing plant is coming offline after almost 300 of its workers have tested positive for COVID-19, leaving many in the industry bracing for potential shockwaves yet to come.

It’s Monday, the fifth week of the nation’s social distancing to fight the COVID-19 crisis, and one of the big concerns about the food supply chain is starting to develop.

PPIC: Groundwater plans are ‘not feasible’ * Farm groups await aid * New fight looms over forgivable loans

Meat packers need federal inspectors to produce the pork chops, T-bone steaks and ground beef that consumers are counting on to be in grocery stores, but the USDA inspectors on the front line are being told they are on their own when it comes to securing masks to protect against the spread of COVID-19.