Winnebago-Boone Farm Bureau provided 125 pounds of breakfast pork sausage to the Rock River Valley Pantry on Monday afternoon. (WIFR)  

China continues to lag behind the pace of imports from the U.S. needed to meet the terms of the two nations’ trade deal, amid a rapidly worsening diplomatic standoff that’s sparking global fears of a new Cold War. (Bloomberg)

The U.S. biofuel industry may have to depend on Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue for aid assistance, Senator Chuck Grassley from Iowa said Tuesday, after Senate Republicans unveiled a coronavirus relief package that did not include more specific appropriations for the industry. (Reuters)  

The House and Senate recently passed a Farm Bureau-supported measure designed to help farmers respond to stress and decrease the stigma associated with mental health care in rural communities. The Seeding Rural Resilience Act was included in each chamber’s version of the National Defense Authorization Act. (Farm Bureau)

 Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Specialty Growers Association, and University of Illinois Extension have produced agritourism guides for u-pick and agritourism businesses during COVID-19. These are recommendations and are subject to change as regulations evolve. Find them on our Local Foods and Specialty Crops page.

While the coronavirus pandemic continues across the U.S. and across the world, many in the agriculture industry are already looking at lessons that can be taken from 2020, and how that will impact agriculture moving forward. (KMA