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Two U.S. Senate Democrats are pressing meatpackers to disclose by month’s end how much pork, beef and chicken they have shipped to China during the coronavirus outbreak while warning of possible meat shortages at home.

As stress mounts across farm country, Farm Credit, American Farm Bureau and National Farmers Union launched a free online course to help producers learn the signs of stress and tools to manage it.

40% of the pork packing capacity is currently idled, and even with the President’s Executive Order, increased safety measures and social distancing at plants means processing capacity won’t be back to 100% anytime soon.

The Small Business Administration (SBA) began accepting applications for the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) exclusively for agricultural businesses on Monday.

Today on Farm Journal Live, Senator Jerry Moran and the Farm Journal livestock team respond to President Donald Trump’s order to keep meat packing plants open.

The coronavirus pandemic has already inflicted its wrath on America’s protein industries and the recovery will be slow. Slower still if you have cattle and hogs that need to be harvested.

USDA has announced a $19 billion program to provide direct payments to farmers and bulk food purchases for food banks.

On today’s Farm Journal Live, a look at new plans to keep Kansas packing plants open and a conversation with Feeding America about the challenge of keeping America’s food banks stocked.

Live analysis of recent livestock processing facilities due to COVID-19 from NPPC and Drovers.

All sectors of agriculture, including produce, specialty crops and horticulture, will be included in a $16 billion direct payment plan to be submitted to the White House this week by USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue.