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This is why tiny little Mexicans specialize in harvesting wheat. Goodbye bread!
If you looked inside the combines around here, you would probably find them operated by someone of hispanic origin. A LOT of the ag work here is done by hispanics, some of the land is owned by them too. When I had a job I would drive thru the farm land I grew up on and I see farm workers out there year round; working the soil, planting the crops, pruning and spraying the filberts, all that stuff.
More and more crops are harvested with machinery, but there are still a lot of crops that are harvested by hand, or sorted/etc. by hand. Then there are all the people who work in canneries. If the lockdown continues, expect to see this production impacted.
I am not saying that people should panic. They should just be aware that there is an issue and prepare as necessary.
Up until now, we have been saying that people were panic buying unnecessarily because the supply lines were not really impacted (except possibly for the transport of supplies, and even that continues, except for the problems caused by panic buying).
But if the harvest/processing is impacted, then downstream problems may ensue. As before, it may be prudent to grab an extra can/package of shelf-stable food that you normally would purchase for consumption/storage. Up to you.