America`s Farmers: Resilient Throughout the COVID Pandemic
(World News Brazil)

Posted by Robert Johansson, USDA Chief Economist in FarmingTrade Sep 24, 2020 The disruptive impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the U.S. agricultural system have been broad and varied. And they follow several years of trying production and market conditions for U.S. farmers. In 2017 and 2018, several hurricanes pummeled U.S. farms; 2019 brought historically poor planting conditions and retaliatory tariffs cut potential for our agricultural exports compared to 2017. This year, farmers and consumers have been planning production and managing household budgets at a time when markets - food, commodity, labor, energy - are being jolted by global, national and regional shutdowns, slowdowns, and...