Food supply worries farmers in US as coronavirus disrupts their work

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American farmers are concerned.

The coronavirus pandemic is posing a threat to their livelihoods, as it is for many others across the globe. But unlike some shelf-stable goods producers, farmers have very little flexibility. They're on a strict planting and harvesting schedule and cannot ramp up or decrease production at will.

"A peach [that] is good today is not good tomorrow. That's how quick things ripen," Chalmers Carr told CNN Business. Carr owns and operates Titan Farms in Ridge Spring, South Carolina, where he grows peaches on around 6,200 acres, in addition to bell peppers and broccoli.

For blueberries and strawberries, he said, "if you leave them on the bush or the vine one extra day, they're virtually worthless." Even more forgiving crops, like bell peppers, have a short harvesting window of two to five days, Carr said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/food-supply-worries-farmers-in-us-as-coronavirus-disrupts-their-work/ar-BB11Xwii?li=BBnb7Kz

[gibraltar72]

1. Another hidden cost of waiting.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Funny how that horse excaped from the barn.

And most Farmers were a votin for their King and their King is screwing them six ways to Sunday,zero empathy from this corner. Their King created this nightmare,but,gotsta have that their Wall down their on the Border to keep our Women and childern safe from them Mexican peoples cause they are nothing but Drug Dealers and rapist.

You come home with what you took to the dance.

[crickets]

3. K&R for visibility.