Pandemi CoronaVirus Disease-2019 yang terjadi sejak tahun 2019 lalu membawa dampak serius pada berbagai sektor ekonomi. Pandemi covid-19 juga berdampak negatif pada sektor bisnis termasuk bisnis komoditi pertanian dan perkebunan termasuk usahatani kelapa sawit rakyat. Akibat pandemi covid-19 kehidupan petani kelapa sawit rakyat turut terdampak yang ditandai dengan penurunan tingkat pendapatan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kondisi usahatani kelapa sawit rakyat pada masa pandemi covid-19, mengetahui kesiapan petani dalam mengelola usahataninya di masa pandemi covid-19, merumuskan strategi pengelolaan usahatani kelapa sawit rakyat masa pandemi covid-19. Penelitian dilakukan di Kecamatan STM Hilir Kabupaten Deli Serdang yang dipilih secara sengaja. Jumlah sampel penelitian ditentukan dengan menggunakan rumus slovin dengan jumlah 96 responden. Metode analisis data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah analisis pendapatan dan analisis SWOT. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian disimpulkan; kondisi pengelolaan usahatani kelapa sawit rakyat pada masa pandemi covid-19 berada pada kondisi yang tidak menguntungkan bagi petani, yang ditandai dengan terjadinya peningkatan biaya produksi, peningkatan biaya tenaga kerja; terjadi penurunan produksi, terjadi penurunan penerimaan dan pendapatan petani. Petani responden siap untuk mengembangkan usaha taninya pada masa pandemi covid-19 dengan strategi khusus. Strategi agresif merupakan strategi yang relevan untuk diimplementasikan dalam pengelolaan usahatani kelapa sawit rakyat pada masa pandemi covid-19.

The emergence of the CoronaVirus Disease in 2019, until now has had a negative impact on various sectors of people’s lives including the agricultural sector. Smallholder oil palm farming has also experienced a negative impact due the pandemic. This research aims to knowing the situation of smallholder oil palm farming before and during pandemic; and to knowing the readiness of farmers to manage smallholder oil palm farming; and to knowing the sustainability of the management of smallholder oil palm farming during the pandemic. This research was conducted in STM Hilir Subdistrict, Deli Serdang District, North Sumatra, Indonesia, which was carried out in September - December 2020. The data used were primary and secondary data which were analyzed descriptively with income analysis method and simple tabulation. Based on the results of data analysis, concluded: smallholder oil palm farming during the COVID-19 pandemic was not stable, due to an increase in production costs of 20.2%/month, and a decrease income of farmers by 6.69%/harvest season/ha. In period of COVID-19 pandemic-19 59% of farmers said they are ready to develop their farming in a sustainable manner. Sustainable management smallholder oil palm farming during the pandemic is going well, based on indicators of ecological conservation, where farmers tend to use organic fertilizers. In accordance with the results of the study suggested; so that the government provides continuous counseling to farmers, provides incentives, subsidies for production facilities for farmers, so that farmers continue to apply health protocols in carrying out their farming activities.