The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- every livestock State, IA, TN, NE, KS, OK, MO, TX, CA AND OTHERS
- Level
- Organizer
- Issued
- 2020-05-12 May 12, 2020
- In force
- May 12, 2020 (the notice's date)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Agriculture and Food Processing SEC-20
Operative words
Tennessee Department of Agriculture (Mar. 27, 2020): 'This is not business as usual... Prohibit spectators, including children... Only allow one bidder per business or family on site... If possible, allow bidding online and/or over the phone.' Iowa (IDALS and IDPH, Mar. 23, 2020): 'No spectators (including family members and farm help) should be allowed at the auction market... Close all parts of the auction market that are not directly associated with the sale.' Kansas Department of Agriculture (Mar. 30, 2020): 'Licensed Livestock Auction Markets and Livestock Breeding Stock Auctions may continue, but these' operations were bound to the stay-home order's conditions (EO 20-16).
The organizer's notice
COVID-19 Updates page linking State letters and guidance to livestock auction markets (as of May 12, 2020)
Notes
2020: Sales continued as essential food-supply functions under State-issued conditions: spectators and sellers excluded from the ring, one buyer per business, buyers screened at entry, cafes and seating closed, sales moved to online and telephone bidding; the Iowa and Nebraska departments directed operators to 'Critically evaluate each auction to determine whether it needs to be held. If an auction can be postponed, please do so.'. 2021: The State letters' conditions ran with the State orders they implemented (Iowa's distancing mandates to Feb. 6, 2021; Kansas EO 20-16's successors; Nebraska's DHMs to June 2021); no 2021 instrument specific to auction markets is in the Library. Usual dates: weekly sales; special sales in spring and fall. Scale: the LMA's page records State letters to market operators in at least eleven States between Mar. 20 and Apr. 3, 2020 (Ex. SEC-20-GM-023). Venue orders 2020: IA-007, IA-016, IA-022, NE-101, NE-013, KS-030, TX-008, MO-007, ND-023. Venue orders 2021: IA-033.