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The Saturday Harvest 🌾

A round-up of stories we found this week on coronavirus and its effects on ag, farming, and more

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Here's our Saturday morning roundup of stories we've come across this week from our colleagues. If you can read them with a cup of coffee, all the better. Stay safe and healthy.

NPR | by Jim Zarroli | April 13, 2020


Agri-Pulse | by Steve Davies | April 15, 2020


Weirton Daily News | by Steven Allen Adams | April 12, 2020


Cargill reduces beef production at Alberta plant as virus spreads

Reuters | April 14, 2020

Coronavirus: Five ways the outbreak is hitting global food industry

BBC News | April 13, 2020

Iowa renewable fuels group concerned about ethanol industry during pandemic

The Neighbor | April 13, 2020

Trump’s tariffs on China could cost the US in its fight against the coronavirus

CNBC | April 13, 2020

John Deere aiding COVID-19 fight by making 225,000 protective face shields

High Plains Journal | April 15, 2020


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