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As we head into spring planting season with so much going on in the world and local communities, here’s a handy checklist of items to discuss and plan with your retailer.

“Continuous flows of seed, fertilizers, crop protection and custom application are most important in the spring.,” said ARA’s Daren Coppock.

ARA has been working so the supply chain logistics for agriculture are included in the necessary exemptions for business to continue as it can.

The Agricultural Retailers Association provides the following update from D.C. regarding important exemptions for its members during the public health crisis related to COVID-19

OSHA issued a memorandum detailing expanded temporary enforcement guidance on respiratory protection fit-testing for N95 masks in all industries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This is a new FMCSA emergency waiver that will help new CDL drivers seeking a Class A CDL. The seasonal drivers – Restricted Ag CDL – are already exempt from the knowledge and skills tests.

On the latest AgPro podcast, Richard Gupton, Senior Vice President of Public Policy at ARA details what ag retailers need to know to keep their businesses running as smoothly as possible during this public health crisis

“ARA will continue to defend glyphosate in order to ensure the product’s availability in the future. We have long supported decisions based on sound science, and that has been the case with glyphosate,” Daren Coppock.

In reaction to the ruling and its subsequent mandate, statements from associations and retail outlets detailed that effective immediately, none of the three products would be used, sold or distributed.

A pioneer in the fluid fertilizer industry, in 1953 Glen Brandt founded the business that could become Brandt Consolidated. Brandt died on June 7 at the age of 94.