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SALEM — When the novel coronavirus arrived in Oregon earlier this year, turning daily life on its head, Bryan Henney, a commercial banking officer at Columbia Bank, was swamped with calls from his clients in farming and agribusiness. “Really, the business community in its entirety was just gripped by fear,” Henney remembers. “I was getting phone calls from my clients, even prospects that didn’t work with me, concerned about what was happening. Northwest farms and food processors faced a monumental task ahead to comply with strict orders to protect worker health while remaining open as essential businesses — buying additional cleaning supplies and face masks, retrofitting production lines to ensure social distancing, and pivoting to alternative markets as state-mandated lockdowns forced restaurants, stadiums and other venues to close.

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