The second in a series of free online updates and question-and-answer sessions offered by University of Nevada, Reno Extension to help the nation’s farmers and ranchers amid the COVID-19 crisis will be offered Tuesday, May 5, 10-11:30 a.m. PST. The topic for this session is “Meat Packers, Pricing and Availability,” and speakers/panelists include:
The online series, “Agriculture: Living Beyond a Pandemic,” is being put together by Lindsay Chichester, Extension educator in Douglas County, Nevada. Known as “Dr. Lindsay” to many in the country’s agriculture industry and on social media, Chichester understands the ups and downs of farming and ranch life, growing up on a cattle and sheep ranch in northern California, and going on to earn a master’s degree in animal science and a doctorate in agricultural sciences. Lindsay said this is truly a baffling and stressful time for many of the nation’s agricultural producers.