Archive for the "COVID-19" Tag

RMA continues to recognize the potential impact and challenges insureds face due to COVID-19. As a result, previously issued Manager’s Bulletins providing […]

Hog farmers who were forced to sell at pandemic-depressed prices on the spot market last summer may soon be eligible for pandemic […]

As COVID-19 continues to pose challenges, RMA remains committed to providing program flexibility that supports the health and safety of all parties […]

After the COVID-19 pandemic shocked the food supply chain and disrupted commodity markets, USDA created the Pandemic Assistance for Producers initiative. Mid-October […]

Better access to Vietnamese pork markets is on the horizon for U.S. pork producers. The tariff rate, currently at 15% for imported […]

With 483 frontline worker deaths and nearly 94,000 infected or exposed to COVID-19, USDA’s recently unveiled Food and Farm Relief grant program […]

More COVID-19 shipping issues continue to hit China’s Ningbo-Zhoushan container port, which is the third-busiest in the world. The Meishan terminal has […]

Per Managers Bulletin MGR-21-003, the COVID-19 pandemic made it financially difficult for many producers to maintain cover crop systems. As a result, […]

Of the many socioeconomic changes caused by the coronavirus pandemic, one that has more or less flown under the radar is its […]

Farmers could be soon seeing shortages of inputs made of plastic — things like baler twine, net wrap and silage bags — […]