For example, while 48% of respondents said they’ve previously attended the Farm Progress Show, only 14% said they were planning to attend the show this year.

Michlig Grain includes seven grain elevator facilities in Illinois.

“We’ve shown in COVID-19 we can conduct business differently–more efficiently and safely,” Chuck Magro says.

A new tracking tool developed at the University of Missouri provides a continuously updated 14-day snapshot of new cases of COVID-19 in every county in the nation, helping the public monitor trends in cases as local stay-at-home restrictions are lifted and other measures are gradually repealed.

This opinion piece says the COVID-19 crisis has exposed weaknesses in our nation’s food system—something so fundamental that most people take it for granted.