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Farming charities are facing a multi-million-pound funding black hole after the cancellation of fundraising events due to Covid-19 saw income dry up.

An online recruitment platform has restructured its business model to help target the demand for seasonal workers in picking jobs across UK farms.

The influential Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has urged Governments across the UK to spend cash earmarked for road building on improving broadband instead.

In a heart-warming act of kindness, a farmer from the Midlands lambed an additional flock of sheep for a fellow farmer who was struck down with coronavirus.

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.

April slaughter statistics show that Scottish abattoirs, on average, processed 15 percent fewer cattle per week than during March.