CHOICES
A publication of AAEA
Luis Peña-Lévano (lpenalevano@ufl.edu) is Faculty Lecturer, Food and Resource Economics Department, Plant City, FL.
Shaheer Burney (shaheer.burney@uwrf.edu) is Assistant Professor of Agricultural Business, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, River Falls, WI.
Grace Melo (grace.melo@uc.cl) is Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics Department, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile.
Cesar Escalante (cescalan@uga.edu) is Professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
Peña-Lévano, L., G. Melo, and S. Burney. 2020. "Theme Overview: COVID-19 and the Agriculture Industry: Labor, Supply Chains, and Consumer Behavior" Choices. Quarter 3. Available online: https://www.choicesmagazine.org/choices-magazine/theme-articles/covid-19-and-the-agriculture-industry-labor-supply-chains-and-consumer-behavior/theme-overview-covid-19-and-the-agriculture-industry-labor-supply-chains-and-consumer-behavior
Peña-Lévano, Luis, S. Burney, and C. Adams. 2020. "Labor Disruptions Caused by COVID-19 in the U.S. Agriculture and Nonfarm Industries." Choices. Quarter 3. Available online: /choices-magazine/theme-articles/covid-19-and-the-agriculture-industry-labor-supply-chains-and-consumer-behavior/labor-disruptions-caused-by-covid-19-in-the-us-agriculture-and-nonfarm-industries
Farnsworth, Derek. 2020. "U.S. COVID-19 Policy Affecting Agricultural Labor." Choices. Quarter 3. Available online: https://www.choicesmagazine.org/choices-magazine/theme-articles/covid-19-and-the-agriculture-industry-labor-supply-chains-and-consumer-behavior/us-covid-19-policy-affecting-agricultural-labor
Onel, G., S. Simnitt, J. Stacciarini, and A. Tovar-Aguilar. 2020. "COVID-19 Risk Factors Vary by Legal Status among Florida Crop Workers." Choices. Quarter 3. Available online: https://www.choicesmagazine.org/choices-magazine/theme-articles/covid-19-and-the-agriculture-industry-labor-supply-chains-and-consumer-behavior/covid-19-risk-factors-vary-by-legal-status-among-florida-crop-workers
Escalante, C.L., T. Luo, and C.E. Taylor. 2020. "The Availability of H-2A Guest Farm Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic." Choices. Quarter 3. Available online: https://www.choicesmagazine.org/choices-magazine/theme-articles/covid-19-and-the-agriculture-industry-labor-supply-chains-and-consumer-behavior/the-availability-of-h-2a-guest-farm-workers-during-the-covid-19-pandemic
Walters, L., T. Wade, and S. Suttles. 2020. Food and Agricultural Transportation Challenges Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic." Choices. Quarter 3. Available online: https://www.choicesmagazine.org/choices-magazine/theme-articles/covid-19-and-the-agriculture-industry-labor-supply-chains-and-consumer-behavior/food-and-agricultural-transportation-challenges-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic
Melo, Grace. 2020. "The Path Forward: U.S. Consumer and Food Retail Responses to COVID-19." Choices. Quarter 3. Available online: https://www.choicesmagazine.org/choices-magazine/theme-articles/covid-19-and-the-agriculture-industry-labor-supply-chains-and-consumer-behavior/the-path-forward-us-consumer-and-food-retail-responses-to-covid-19
COVID-19 has disrupted labor employment, supply chains and consumer behavior in the U.S. This infographic discusses these effects paying particular attention to labor concerns in agriculture and the unemployment effect by ethnicity and race, as well as the effect on the supply changes and the long-run effects in consumers behavior and how the pandemic has restricted the access of H2A workers into the U.S. which may have effects on crop production. The epidemiological data in this infographic also suggests that crop workers are susceptible to COVID-19 due to underlying health and social risk factors. Given the rapidity with which the crisis induced by the pandemic has evolved, the main intent of this infographic is to describe the situation in its current form. However, it highlights long-term implications for the agricultural industry.
