Ag News

In a survey of 1,600 Americans last week, 31% of U.S. households are shopping using online grocery delivery or pickup in the past month, up from just 13% in August.

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue applauds the President’s signing of the CARES Act. Perdue says the passage of the Coronavirus response legislation will provide much needed relief.

Grocery stores and farm groups have been urging people to buy only the food they can use, but a number of staple products have seen surges of demand, including dairy.

Certified farmers’ markets are now defined as an essential service for distribution of food supplies. Many of the markets were temporarily closed, have now reopened.

The Animal Agriculture Alliance’s 2020 Stakeholders Summit is going “virtual” in response to public health concerns and large events.

Canada’s government is exempting foreign nationals who have committed to working in agriculture from COVID-19 travel bans.

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue announced a partnership between the USDA and the Department of Labor to help facilitate the identification of foreign and domestic workers

National emergency was declared due to coronavirus COVID-19, the hours of service rules for truck drivers transporting emergency food supplies have been waived.

Farmers and analysts alike expected milk prices to suffer from COVID-19, but what started as a price drop estimate of 6% has quickly become much darker.

Don’t let fear of the COVID-19 coronavirus keep you from eating fresh fruits and vegetables. That’s the message from Purdue University’s Department of Food Science.