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APHIS will invest $27.1 million in foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine the Agency can use in the event of an outbreak to protect animals and help stop the spread of disease.

The outlook continues to be for hot and dry conditions.

The market animal show in Augusta County, Va. was one of the first to move their livestock show online. The decision blossomed into a show of support and gratitude by both the community and 4-H, FFA members.

America’s economy is showing signs of recovery from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, but any economic surge is likely over, according to a quarterly report from CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange.

Beef and pork sales posted another strong week, and retail meat volume sales have increased 22.5% during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in an additional $7.4 billion in meat department revenue.

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.

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.

Retail sales data show U.S. meat department sales were up substantially in dollar value and volume during the seven weeks from March 8 through April 26.