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Cattle industry losses estimated at $13.6 billion from COVID-19 | AGDAILY

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Cattle industry losses estimated at $13.6 billion from COVID-19 | AGDAILY

A study released today estimates cattle industry losses as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic will reach $13.6 billion. The study was commissioned by NCBA and conducted by a team of industry-leading agricultural economists led by Derrell Peel, Breedlove Professor of Agribusiness and Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist at Oklahoma State University, to assist the USDA in determining how best to allocate CARES Act relief funds to cattle producers.

Know Your Farmer

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Northview Diary: Know Your Farmer

Not to be an alarmist or anything.... I hate to spread possibly unnecessary concerns. 

 However, I've been getting a teeny tiny bit worried. In light of the recent closures and partial closures of so many US protein processing plants, now might be a good time to get to know your local farmer.

Maple Trees Tapped

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This interactive google map shows how many maple taps were driven in for each county. New York State and Vermont are the nation's biggest maple producers, but there are several other states that have smaller numbers of trees tapped. This is a consolidation of county level data, those counties with only one farm reporting maple production, were not included in the survey results, which depresses tap counts in counties that are marginal maple producers.

Data Source: USDA Agriculture Census, 2012. Maple Taps. Counts. https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/