Stay-at-home orders and social distancing mandates have severely limited operations or closed restaurants, schools and stores, leading to farmers in California, Florida and other Gulf states, where most of the country’s produce comes from this time of year, with no market, according to Orion Samuelson
Some years it’s the weather. Some years it’s the market, but right now the agriculture and specifically, the dairy industry is dealing with COVID-19 just like everyone else.MORE: Despite coronavirus grocery buying spree, farmers fearful for the future
In the Midwest, it’s still early in the planting season, but farmers in the region have another issue to deal with, milk.Tune into ABC at 1 p.m. ET and ABC News Live at 4 p.m. ET every weekday for special coverage of the novel coronavirus with the full ABC News team, including the latest news, context and analysis.
Amy Hildebrandt owns and operates Hildebrandt Farms in South Beloit, Illinois, near the Wisconsin border. She told ABC’s Perspective Podcast the farm continues to send milk to Dean Foods, a milk processor, in Harvard, Illinois. Her day-to-day operations have changed little, and the farms continue to operate with a full staff, but she said the farm is a little quieter these days."Normally, now would be a school field trip season. But yeah, we aren't doing any of that," said Hildebrandt.
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