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Above all, dairy farmers in Australia need a good supply of water to run a farm successfully, and this can prove difficult as drought conditions and water rights can be major barriers.

Dairy farmers have teamed up to showcase support for Co-op, after it increased its premium milk price despite severe market disruption due to Covid-19.

The SNP has called on the Chancellor to use the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) payment structure to ensure farmers receive coronavirus support.

Specialists at the Centre for Food Policy at City, University of London, are calling for the establishment of a cross-Government committee to coordinate decision-making on food during the coronavirus pandemic.

Livestock transport has become big business as supply chains have become increasingly diverse and, with animal welfare rightly at the fore during developments, the practice itself has experienced some change over the years. H

Brexit provides huge opportunities for UK farmers, and the pandemic which has exposed the fragility of global supply chains could encourage more shoppers to buy British, says Shrewsbury MP Daniel Kawczynski.

They say be careful what you wish for. We had been hoping for a break in the weather to get stuck in to some jobs and, crikey, we have been busy with fertiliser spreading, spraying, tanking, ploughing, subsoiling, power harrowing, drilling maize and spring barley, staff training, fencing and a few cows to milk. Even the dog is shattered.

Jessica Armitage, 25, from Oakham, Rutland, is a herdswoman at Keythorpe Organic Farms and is the owner and founder of PrOganic, a milk processing business.

The processor has announced its liquid standard litre will remain at 26.75ppl for June 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic.