 | | Perhaps no phrase has been more overworked than “Don’t panic” over the last few days. I find it singularly unhelpful for several reasons. |
 | | 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. |
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 | | The active weather pattern from last week could continue to hang over much of the country. That means many areas could see more rain and even more snow. |
 | | U.S. grain and soybean futures sank to multi-month lows on Monday on worries about the coronavirus pandemic denting the global economy and chilling end-user demand for commodities, traders said. |
 | | Share your thoughts and experience in this brief, two-minute survey. We’ll publish the results at AgWeb.com/coronavirus. |
 | | Dairy and beef producers are being directly impacted by efforts to contain the coronavirus. Details in today's AgDay Minute. |
 | | I beginning to wonder if we’re not looking at significant lower production crop for the coming year. Significant part of the crop to be planted in US is about to be planted and we’re about to see more travel bans in the US and around the world. This small window that agriculture has to plant to produce a crop can’t stand for delays in supplies of nutrients, chemicals, parts, and labor. I can foresee where we can have significant delays in any above areas. Second the average age of farmer is nearly 60 years old also putting us at risk to having more serious problems from COVID-19 if this spreads widely in next several months. The timely handling of crop is needed to have kind yields that we have produced in last few years. With last year's weather problems many of us saw what can happen to production when we are delayed and it carries out for the whole season. |
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