On March 25, Governor Tony Evers ordered "Safer at Home" order effective 8 a.m. Wednesday to remain in effect until 8 a.m. on April 24. This order allows "Essential" businesses to remain open and operational. The dairy supply chain, from farm to fork, has been identified as essential critical infrastructure and as such, employees have a special responsibility in these times to continue operations.The full list of industries and Department of Homeland Security guidance can be accessed here. A Spanish-language version is available here. We realize that dairy farm workers have questions about the COVID-19 public health emergency, DBA member Elsie González of Motiva Consulting helped share an important message with farm employees. Message to Hispanic agriculture employees during COVID-19
Stay-at-Home Order (Wisconsin is currently in this status)
- Defines essential services and critical infrastructure
- Keeps essential services and critical infrastructure open
- Closes the physical locations of all other non-essential businesses
- Encourages or requires maximizing remote or telework when possible
- Requires individuals to stay at home unless performing permissible actions defined in the order
The National Milk Producers Federation created a necessary work permit template resource. It explains DHS guidance for food and agriculture and asks relevant authorities to grant employees to travel to and from work. Along with the permit itself, the document also defines who is considered a food and agriculture employee for critical-infrastructure purposes. This document can be downloaded by clicking the red bar below.
ESSENTIAL FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYEE WORK PERMIT TEMPLATE