Webinar June 29: Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Food and Agricultural Markets

June 16, 2020 — 

The Council for Agriculture Science and Technology and the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association present a free webinar hosted by NC-FAR featuring research from CAST's new commentary, Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Food and Agricultural Markets, on June 29, 11:00am CT. Register here.

This paper examines the many economic factors and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on the agriculture sector. In efforts to slow down the spread of COVID-19, many states and countries shut down several economic areas such as tourism and entertainment venues, restaurants, personal services, and some manufacturing facilities. This has led many areas into a recession. The authors of this paper examine the effects this recession has on these topics: macroeconomics; trade; supply chain; consumer behavior; food service/grocery; meat processing; forestry and wood products; local food systems; food waste; food insecurity; major commodity crops; agricultural finance; agricultural labor; rural health care; and research and outreach priorities.

A panel of agricultural economists will present highlights of CAST's new paper on the impacts of COVID-19 on food and agricultural markets followed by a Q&A session. A free download of the CAST Commentary will be available June 29 from the CAST website.