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The changes in everyday life forced by the COVID-19 pandemic have been vigorously debated as too much or too little, but it could take time to return to previous daily habits. John Phipps explains in John’s World.

“The changes happening today—with social distancing impacting our processes—people are becoming more efficient and go online more,” says Proagrica’s Carenza Harvey.

James Ferraro, vice president at Agrellus, reports that the second two weeks of March 2020 saw a 225% increase in farmer buying requests compared to the same period last year.

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Bob Starke spent his high school years working on farms in northwest Missouri. Today he is still “on the farm,” but his fields are far from home.

This partnership aims to provide new features on the Slingshot platform for ag retailers and enterprise farmers, which includes real-time fleet information such as work, idle and transit times.

Farmers connect, learn and share ideas in Chicago at the 2020 Top Producer Summit.

From major metropolitan areas to mom-and-pop chains, today’s grocery stories are a culinary wild west, says Christine Daugherty, vice president of sustainable agriculture and responsible sourcing at PepsiCo.

To stay abreast of emerging technologies, Kavazanjian attends industry meetings, reads industry information and networks with other farmers and researchers — connecting both in person and online.

Outrage on social media seems to be growing. John Phipps says some of the recent outrage maybe be justified, but most is not, and can be deflated with a few minutes of information seeking.