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Bodies representing different parts of the food supply chain have urged Government to set out what kind of support it intends to offer businesses in the event of a second wave of coronavirus.

There can be few practices on the farm which can be changed with so little investment, and to such great effect, than age at first calving. Still, the UK’s age at first calving remains stubbornly fixed at an average 28 months, despite the well-promoted benefits of calving at two years.

51AVÊÓƵgroups have cautiously welcomed the Government’s new tariff schedule, which maintains protections for key agricultural products such as lamb, beef, poultry, cheese and butter.

With Covid-19 magnifying the strategic importance of domestic food production following major supply chain disruption, the National Beef Association (NBA) has warned Government must take food security ‘seriously’.

Llyr Gruffydd, North Wales MS and Plaid Cymru’s Shadow Rural Affairs Minister, explains why the party is launching a new campaign to promote Welsh food.

There are signs the global dairy industry is stabilising following the coronavirus thunderbolt which hit it in March.

Plaid Cymru has launched a new campaign, ‘I’m Buying Local’, to promote Welsh food and boost farmers’ incomes.

Stilton sales are down 30 per cent since the start of the coronavirus crisis as shoppers opt for bulk buying of hard cheeses while restaurant demand has collapsed.

Firstly, I would like to start by acknowledging the fantastic job Christine Ryder has done writing this column for the past five years. She is truly a hard act to follow.

Prime minister Boris Johnson intervened twice to stop the Derbyshire badger cull going ahead, court documents have revealed.