Ag Businesses Promote COVID-19 Vaccination, But Not OSHA Mandate
Organizations representing rural businesses say the Biden Administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate is not the tool needed to promote more vaccinations and could be damaging to the ag supply chain.
Both the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives and the Agricultural Retailers Association have expressed concern with the OSHA-enforced mandate as a bad fit for their businesses.
“We're all in favor of vaccinations and co-ops have done a lot to promote vaccinations including providing vaccination sites there at the co-op, but having said that, the simple fact is a lot of agribusiness including co-ops operate in areas where at best, there’s maybe 50% vaccination rate,” president & CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives Chuck Conner told AgriTalk host Chip Flory.
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Both the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives and the Agricultural Retailers Association have expressed concern with the OSHA-enforced mandate as a bad fit for their businesses.
“We're all in favor of vaccinations and co-ops have done a lot to promote vaccinations including providing vaccination sites there at the co-op, but having said that, the simple fact is a lot of agribusiness including co-ops operate in areas where at best, there’s maybe 50% vaccination rate,” president & CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives Chuck Conner told AgriTalk host Chip Flory.
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