When stay-at-home orders were issued in March 2020 to slow the spread of COVID-19, farm workers were deemed essential and expected to continue working. Learn how sick farm workers, closed schools, and uncertainties surrounding the H-2A guest worker program could reduce the supply of farm workers, accelerating trends already underway such as mechanization.

Presented by Timothy Beatty, Professor and Philip Martin, Professor Emeritus
Agricultural and Resource Economics
College of Agricultural and Environmental Studies
UC Davis