According to a report from Capital Press, beef exports decreased 33% by volume to 87,391 tons in May, following disruptions "due to the coronavirus pandemic and economic slowdowns."

A few weeks ago. Dr. Allan Gray wrote about his predictions for the aftermath of the current global pandemic in the food and agribusiness world in a blog titled, Potential Learning and Changes for a Post-COVID-19 Food and Agribusiness Industry. How do we move forward, learning to create a stronger, more resilient food and agribusiness industry?

The Minneapolis Fed’s first quarter agricultural credit conditions survey, conducted during April, sheds some light on the early impacts of the pandemic on farmers and ranchers.

Engineers at AGCO’s Beauvais plant in northern France have started assembling face shields instead of tractors using a newly-installed additive or 3D printing system to produce the frame. The shields are destined for a local hospital in response to an industrial campaign to meet immediate demand for 13,000 units at 94 hospitals and medical centers across France.

In a press release, CNH Industrial has announced the extension of its shutdown on its European assembly operations through April 17.

In response to the spread of COVID-19, uncertain economic conditions resulting in reduced demand and potential constraints on its supply chain, the company is reducing manufacturing activity at several of its manufacturing facilities and has temporarily shut down others.

The latest episode of On the Record is now available! We hope all of our readers and viewers are staying safe during these unprecedented times. In this week’s episode we provide details on how some of the taxation and lending provisions of the CARES Act will help farm equipment dealerships. In the Technology Corner, Jack Zemlicka shares how some dealers are using remote support amid restrictions put in place because of COVID-19. Also in this episode: Titan Machinery annual revenues were up 3.5%, CNH Industrial announces management changes and Raven Industries acquires the remaining shares of Dot Technology.

JCB in the United Kingdom is poised to re-start production at a factory closed as a result of the Coronavirus crisis in order to join the global effort to manufacture ventilators, the company announced.

According to a March 24 Bloomberg report, Deere said it will stop production at its six plants in Brazil in an attempt to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

Producers should not change their spring planting intentions because of the coronavirus outbreak, according to North Dakota State University Extension crops economist Frayne Olson.