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    Up-to-date news on how the pandemic has affected seed companies.

    May 29, 2020 3 minutes
    By Rebecca Martin

    THE CORONAVIRUS has upended business for our seed company friends. Due to wildly increased demand, many have had to shut down website orders and stop answering phone calls and emails. Four companies answered our questions about the dramatic changes currently affecting their businesses.

    When did you realize something was up?

    When the national emergency was declared on March 13, we experienced a 250 percent surge in visitors to our website, our phones were ringing nonstop, and orders came flooding in. — Johnny’s

    Around St. Patrick’s Day, we noticed a jump

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