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Corn Acres Should Be Reconsidered in 2020

https://www.fb.org/intel/markets/corn-acres-should-be-reconsidered-in-2020
Apr 15, 2020 ... USDA's recent Prospective Plantings report, conducted during the first two weeks of March and prior to the impact of COVID-19 on the farm ...

How Pooling of Dumped Milk Works | Farm Bureau Intel Markets

https://www.fb.org/intel/markets/how-pooling-of-dumped-milk-works
Apr 14, 2020 ... The stay-at-home and self-distancing orders instituted in the U.S. in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have pushed demand way down for food ...

2020/2021 Marketing Year Outlook Remains Foggy

https://www.fb.org/intel/markets/2020-2021-marketing-year-outlook-remains-foggy
May 13, 2020 ... Corn stocks before COVID-19 were projected to be 1.7 billion bushels. As a result of the drop in demand and higher corn ending stocks, USDA ...

Cold Storage Pork Levels Drive Tighter Meat and Poultry Stocks

https://www.fb.org/intel/markets/cold-storage-pork-levels-drive-tighter-meat-and-poultry-stocks
Oct 22, 2020 ... Throughout much of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has upended many aspects of the food supply chain, from retail disruptions as consumers ...

September 3, 2021 The Honorable Thomas J. Vilsack Secretary U.S. ...

https://www.fb.org/files/Supply.chain.vilsack.letter.AFBFLTR.FINAL.09.03.21.pdf
Sep 3, 2021 ... COVID-19 mitigation tools created challenges. AFBF is pleased to see that USDA will be implementing a grant program to help offset the costs ...

Shop Kansas Farms Continues Growing with Regional Food Hubs

https://www.fb.org/farm-bureau-news/shop-kansas-farms-continues-growing-with-regional-food-hubs
Oct 20, 2025 ... McNary started Shop Kansas Farms in 2020 to help farmers who had lost their traditional markets due to COVID-19-related school, university, ...

Reviewing the CFAP Payment Formula for Non-Specialty Crops

https://www.fb.org/intel/markets/reviewing-the-cfap-payment-formula-for-non-specialty-crops
... COVID-19-related losses for livestock and specialty and non-specialty crops ... COVID-19. To that end, the payment limit of $250,000 was utilized to ...

One-Third of CFAP Payments Now Out The Door

https://www.fb.org/intel/markets/one-third-of-cfap-payments-now-out-the-door
Jul 2, 2020 ... ... COVID-19-driven supply, demand and revenue disruptions, i.e., What's ... COVID-19-related losses for livestock, dairy, specialty crop ...

As Processing Facilities Struggle with Labor, Spread Between the ...

https://www.fb.org/intel/markets/as-processing-facilities-struggle-with-labor-spread-between-the-wholesale-price-of-meat-and-livestock-prices-widens
Over the past two months, more than two dozen livestock processing plants have closed down due to issues with COVID-19, for periods ranging from a few days to ...

USDA Makes More Commodities Eligible for CFAP Assistance

https://www.fb.org/intel/markets/usda-makes-more-commodities-eligible-for-cfap-assistance
Aug 12, 2020 ... The original details of CFAP were released on May 19 and provided direct payments to farmers and ranchers to partially offset COVID-19 ...