51AVÊÓƵ

With Government advice still set on urging the public to avoid mass gatherings due to Covid-19, Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF) has taken the ‘difficult’ decision to postpone Open 51AVÊÓƵSunday (OFS) until June 13, 2021.

Farmers across England are set to benefit from simpler and more proportionate penalties for small over-claims of land under the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in 2020.

Defra Secretary George Eustice has admitted the Government was slow to issue guidance on how to keep workers safe in food manufacturing plants at the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Covid-19 has seen a spike in labour costs of up to 15 per cent leaving British growers in an ‘unsustainable’ situation, a new report has revealed.

Defra Secretary George Eustice has voiced his confidence in the food chain’s ability to survive a no-deal Brexit following its response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Some sheep farmers have burned or composted fleeces to help offset wool handling and haulage costs, after Covid-19 caused the wool price to collapse.

In times of crisis and disruption, it turns out the British public does not turn towards falafel or hummus as comfort food, but rather red meat and pizza to get it through lockdown.

With the demand for overseas workers ‘absolutely crucial’ to a permanent workforce within the farming sector, farm groups have warned agricultural roles must be included within the Shortage Occupation List (SOL) to avoid

Once common place through much of Great Britain, flower-rich hay meadows have encountered serious decline in the last century. One Lancashire-based project is working to remedy that. Hannah Park reports.