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Agri-Pulse Executive Editor Philip Brasher appeared on C-SPAN's Washington Journal Wednesday, April 1, to discuss the coronavirus and its impact on the American food supply chain. 

The risk of being a victim of COVID-19 is scary, it’s unnerving and in some cases, it’s life threatening. But grocers and other food retailers across the country want you to know: They have your backs.

Drivers may be in short supply this spring without regulatory relief from the states and federal government, industry groups and some farmers are saying.

A recent State Department move is expected to speed approval of farmworkers seeking to enter the country, but observers of the process are still keeping a watchful eye on many parts of the H-2A program.

During the first week of March, the produce industry watched sales stay pretty much in line with prior year – then everything changed dramatically.

After months of uncertainty, DFA emerged as the winning bidder for a substantial portion of Dean Foods.

Producers are expected to plant 7.29 million more corn acres, 7.6 million more soybean acres, and 451,000 fewer wheat acres this year, according to USDA’s Prospective Plantings report released Tuesday.

The annual World Pork Expo has been canceled for the second year in a row over disease concerns, this time due to the coronavirus outbreak.

For all of you working on farms and ranches, you realize that the important work of producing food and feeding people never stops. It’s the same pattern for those in our packing plants, our truckers, our food workers and everyone along the supply chain from farm to fork.

Five federal employees, including a Food Safety and Inspection Service inspector, have sued the federal government for hazard pay for working during the coronavirus crisis.