Farmers are showing general concern about how the coronavirus pandemic will influence the coming crop year, their businesses in general and even their family's health, according to an online poll conducted by DTN and Farm Market iD.
Under some new waivers granted by the State Department, new visa applicants for H-2A and H-2B workers can get their visas approved without requiring in-person interviews. When embassies and consulate offices announced earlier this month they would stop in-person visa interviews, that risked curbing the number of H-2A workers farmers could bring into the U.S. this year.
Attention Customers
OEL has a planned power outage at the Exeter location on Thursday, April 2nd, 2020. Office:Please feel free to call our Toohey location for your grain marketing needs, 519-225-2710. Shipping & Receiving:Closed, please arrange to come another day. ♦ COVID-19 Precautions at OEL:
Office: Closed to visitors, but we are available by phone or email at both locations. Shipping & Receiving: Open, but please avoid the office and maintain recommended distance from others.
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Spring planting is just around the corner! Still time to book IP Acres for 2020, give us a call to talk varieties.
Quote of the Day
"Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk."
Rain, snow Wednesday in the Northern Plains. Cold conditions in areas of the northwestern Plains and Canadian Prairies. Light rain expected in western Midwest areas. » More DTN Weather Commentary
