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Seven Coronavirus scams targeting your business By Lesley Fair We’ve warned consumers about Coronavirus-related scams, but businesses are at risk, too. Keep your guard up against these seven B2B scams that try to exploit companies’ concerns about COVID-19. In addition to sharing this information with your employees and social networks, read on for how you can report Coronavirus scams to the FTC. Read more >

The following Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) reports were released on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Indonesia: Oilseeds and Products Annual Palm oil production is expected to reach 43.5 million tons in 2020/21 as increased area is partially offset by lower yields resulting from fewer inputs and sub-optimal rainfall during 2018-2019. Palm oil exports and soybean imports for 2019/20 are revised downward due to expected weaker demand overseas and domestically as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.  Japan: Japan Increases Dairy Price Supports Due to COVID-19 The Government of Japan announced increased support for dairy farmers and processors to mitigate impact of reduced milk consumption in schools following the government’s decision to close schools due to COVID-19. Approximately 10 percent of drinking milk in Japan is diverted to school meal use. The support program is budgeted at $21.5 million and will provide price supports for excess milk diverted to further processing and nonfat dry milk diverted to animal feed. Japan: Grain and Feed Annual Stable demand for feed and relative price competitiveness are forecast to maintain Japan’s robust demand for corn in MY2020/21. Sorghum imports are expected to remain flat as feed mills continue to substitute sorghum with competitively priced corn in compound feed. To date, concerns over the spread of COVID-19 have not affected feed demand or production in Japan. A bumper crop for domestic wheat and barley lowered estimates for MY2019/20 imports. Population decline and changing dietary preferences are beginning to have an influence on FSI wheat consumption. Japan is likely to only fill 76,543 tons of its 100,000-ton simultaneous buy and sell rice import quota. For more information, or for an archive of all FAS GAIN reports, please visit gain.fas.usda.gov/. Households across the country are receiving official Census Bureau reminders with detailed information on how to respond to the 2020 Census. Respond to the 2020 Census The 2020 Census is underway and is ready for America to respond. Plan to include everyone you expect to live in your home on April 1. You can respond online in one of 13 languages and find assistance in many more.  Respond Here's what to look for in the mail this week: The first invitations arrived at an estimated 140 million households between March 12-20. Every household that hasn’t already responded will receive additional reminder letters in the mail between Monday, March 16 and Tuesday, March 24. 2020 Census Operational Updates The U.S. Census Bureau continues to carefully monitor the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation and follow the guidance of federal, state, and local health authorities. We are adjusting some operations with two key principles in mind: protecting the health and safety of our staff and the public, and fulfilling our statutory requirement to deliver the 2020 Census counts to the President on schedule. See Latest Updates Help us spread the word about the 2020 Census! Respond to the 2020 Census as soon as you receive your invitation — and when you’re finished, make sure your friends, families, and social networks know about the importance of responding. Share this on social media or forward it to a friend. Share This 2020 Census Response Rate Map The 2020 Census response rate map shows how cities and towns across the country are now responding. The map will be updated daily around 3 p.m. for everyone to see the response rate in their area and compare it to other areas across the nation.  Weekly Summary of NLRB Decisions The Summary of NLRB decisions for the week of March 9 - 13, 2020 is now available on the NLRB’s website.  The summary can be accessed by clicking the links below. https://www.nlrb.gov/cases-decisions/weekly-summaries-decisions/summary-nlrb-decisions-week-march-9-13-2020 Questions? Contact Us Now more than ever, spot the scams with #FTCScamBingo by Jennifer Leach Associate Director, Division of Consumer and Business Education, FTC During the Coronavirus outbreak, many people are working from home — and maybe even, for the first time in a long time, answering calls from unfamiliar phone numbers. It might be your colleague’s cell phone…or it might be a robocaller or scammer. So here’s a way you can spot some of those scam calls you might be getting. And it’s a way to spread the word to help protect others in your community. Read more >