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Purdue University Calculates Impact of COVID on Agriculture

08/02/2020

Agricultural economists at Purdue University have issued a Food and Agriculture COVID Vulnerability Index. It is calculated that 79,830 agriculture workers have contracted the infection

 

The states most impacted by COVID among agricultural workers include California and Florida with an estimated 1.3 percent and 2.3 percent production loss respectively associated with the infection.  Arizona with a high prevalence rate lost 2.6 percent of agricultural production due to non-availability of labor due to COVID-19.