This month, COUNTRY Financial joins the National Education Center for Agriculture Safety (NECAS) and other organizations across the country to raise awareness of the risks associated with working in agriculture and promoting safe and healthy practices through the harvest season and beyond. (Journal Gazette & Times-Courier)

Top agricultural officials from five Western Hemisphere countries – Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the U.S. – underscored the importance of maintaining agricultural trade flows during the COVID-19 pandemic following the virtual G-20 Agriculture & Water Ministers Meeting hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Sept. 12. (Feedstuffs)

This wide array of grants provides direct capital to Native farmers and ranchers through Community Development Financial Institutions, builds value added agricultural businesses for Tribes and creates community driven food systems change. (Red Lake Nation News

Oregon farm workers are facing a perfect storm of invisible perils as wine harvest begins and field harvests continue in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, now further complicated by hazardous air quality from wildfires burning throughout the Willamette Valley. (Statesman Journal)

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has had such a profound impact on the day-to-day lives in the United States, apparently will not unduly affect Tazewell County farmers’ harvest operations. (Peoria Journal Star)

The American Farm Bureau Federation’s iFarmiVote election toolkit gives farmers all the information they need before voting. (Hoosier Ag Today)