Atlantic Hurricane Season Begins and Food Production Creates Jobs
From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson with your Agribusiness Update.**June 1 marks the beginning of the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season and NOAA forecasters are predicting above-average hurricane activity this season.
They’re predicting a range of 14 to 21 named storms this season, 6 to 10 of which could become hurricanes, and 3 to 6 major hurricanes.
Florida Farm Bureau encourages Floridians to know your risk and make a plan.
Hurricane resources can be found at Ready.Gov/Hurricanes.
www.floridafarmbureau.org/news/2022-atlantic-hurricane-season-begins-june-1/
**The production, processing, storage, transportation, and marketing of farm and food products headed for export markets support a large number of jobs throughout the U.S.
The USDA’s Economic Research Service says in 2020, U.S. ag exports supported the equivalent of more than 1.13 million jobs on and off the farm.
With U.S. ag exports valued at more than $150 billion in 2020, every $1 billion in exports creates 7,550 jobs.
**The USDA announced the framework to transform the food system and supply chain to provide more options, increase access, and create new, more, and better markets for small and mid-size producers.
As the pandemic evolved and Russia's war in Ukraine caused supply chain disruptions, USDA says it became clear we “cannot go back to the food system we had before.”
USDA plans to build a more resilient food supply chain that provides more and better market options for consumers and producers while reducing carbon pollution.