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“This is about guiding the grower in the right direction,” says Worker Safety Lead, Lilly Reyes with GAR Bennett, LLC. “We want to reassure the grower and the employees that we will get through this together.”
The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer hit 96 in the April survey.
“Millions of people across the United States are struggling to find nutritious food and provide meals for their families during this unprecedented time,” said Paul Rea, Senior Vice President, BASF.
On May 1, ag retailers joined Clinton Griffiths on Farm Journals’ live daily webcast to discuss how the planting season of 2020 is progressing, particularly in light of doing business amid COVID-19.
Equipment manufacturers are being squeezed by plummeting demand and tightening access to cash, according to Kip Eideberg of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers.
See your banker today if you want Paycheck Protection Program money.
A deal to replenish the Payroll Protection Plan (PPP) under the coronavirus aid package has been reached, but had not yet been put to paper as of this afternoon according to Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.).
“As a global company, giving to the Red Cross is one of the best ways to reach people in need worldwide,” Wilbur-Ellis President and CEO John Buckley says.
Payment limits will limit the effectiveness of the $19 billion Coronavirus Food Aid Pla
“Weather permitting, ag retailers are reasonably well positioned for an improved outlook on sales and services this spring.”
Because agriculture businesses are considered essential, the show must go on. As work continues, you need to make sure you keep yourself, your family and your employees safe.
The Andersons’ launch of the customer portal was moved ahead of schedule to best serve customers during the spring season as well as through these unprecedented times.
With businesses around the world shutting their doors to prevent further spread of COVID-19, one industry that persists despite risk is agriculture.
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.
With more than 25,000 farmer users, Bushel is powering a new way of business in light of the coronavirus.
“We’ve had about half of our orders in the month of March come in through the digital portal,” says Nutrien’s Mike Frank. “So we’re definitely seeing an uptick in digital ordering.”
Nutrien Ltd, North America’s biggest farm retail supplier, moved up shipments of crop supplies by two to four weeks
Here are four reasons why more ag input business will be done online long after we recover from COVID-19
At his business, ForeFront Ag Solutions, Erich Eller is taking particular steps in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“If I was on the retail side, I wouldn’t wait regarding supply, particularly for key products. I believe the logistics of those could be impacted later in the season...” says UPL’s Brian Cardin.
There are a common set of practices we can all take, but the most important first step is what I’ve called the Turnaround Mindset.
COVID-19 took a big bite out of commodity prices this week, but could that trend continue? Some analysts fear prices will get even worse before things start to turn around.
Today Bayer announced it will close its Creve Coeur, St. Louis site after learning an employee is under investigation for coronavirus infection.
Specific to COVID-19, the OSHA guidelines borrow a lot of language from the CDC guidelines, but they are specific to workplaces.
Here are just a few of the ways COVID-19 is recasting the supply chain.
Jean Payne discusses more on dicamba as well as the curveballs that COVID-19 threw ag retailers in The Scoop podcast.
One of my favorite sayings about any new tax law is “We have the law, now we need the rules.”