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Plans to increase milk production by about 1,000 litres a cow through more effective utilisation of grazing are underway at Rhual Dairy, Flintshire. Hannah Noble reports.

NFU Cymru has branded Welsh Government’s decision to publish draft regulations of an all-Wales Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ) ‘ill-judged’ in light of the Covid-19 crisis.

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has announced changes to the way certain animal medicines can be safely prescribed and supplied during the coronavirus crisis.

The new ranking for young Holstein sires, published by AHDB Dairy, features some show-stopping figures.

A nationwide recruitment campaign to help produce, manufacture and deliver food to meet increasing consumer demand amid the coronavirus pandemic has been launched by the agricultural industry. Ìý

The dairy processor has written to its suppliers to urge ‘co-operation’ in a milk volume reduction plan to help prevent non collection of milk off farms due to Covid-19 impacts.

The Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland (RHASS) has issued the equivalent of a company profit warning pointing to a likely £6.3m loss of income this year.

The Government has confirmed furloughed workers will be able to take on additional work during the coronavirus pandemic, in a bid to address the farming sector’s labour shortages.

With her husband working off-farm during the day, Northern Ireland’s Caryn Webster has her hands full running the farm and managing the couple’s three young children. Chris McCullough reports.

MPs will probe the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the food supply chain as disruption continues during lockdown.