The American Farm Bureau Federation is calling on lawmakers to provide critical resources to farmers impacted by the COVID-19 shockwave to the food system and to rural communities grappling with the pandemic’s impacts. (Farm Bureau)

In the next webinar of the USDA CFAP series, FSA will focus on details for Non-Specialty Crop and Livestock Producers. Register here via the FSA Webinar site.  

A Chinese vaccine against African swine fever appears to be safe in clinical trials now underway, the official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday, a step closer to preventing one of the world’s most devastating livestock diseases. (Reuters)

Thanks to a perfect storm of negative factors this year, farmers are having to rely on greater numbers of government payouts. However, despite the $32.8 billion in direct aide, farm income is still going to drop by 3% for 2020 according to a new report from the University of Missouri’s Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute. (Forbes)

– From apple packing houses in Washington state to farm workers in Florida and a California county known as “the world’s salad bowl,” outbreaks of the novel coronavirus are emerging at U.S. fruit and vegetable farms and packing plants. (Reuters)

The coronavirus has made it harder for everyone to buy food and other essential items under stay-at-home orders, social distancing guidelines and limited delivery slots for online groceries. (CNN)