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ÌýThe Prince of Wales has shared a video message in a show of support for Government’s ‘Pick for Britain’ campaign. Ìý

With Covid-19 placing unprecedented pressure on farmers, rural support groups have united to create a mental health organisation.

Farmers have been warned to ramp up security following a spate of tractor GPS thefts, which saw kit worth thousands of pounds stolen.

Land and property markets have been shaken by the Covid-19 epidemic, but how long will it take for things to bounce back? Ewan Pate reports.

JCB has announced about 950 jobs are at risk of redundancy as demand for the manufacturer’s machines has fallen by half as a result of the Covid-19 crisis.

Loss of the food service sector has had a major and well-publicised effect on red meat sales, but Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) highlighted the near total collapse in demand from the public sector.

As spring rolls on, so does the dry weather. And, while this has been great for lambing, the flush of grass we usually get in the back half of May which allows us to turn the cattle out won’t be happening without a little wet weather; a statement I would not have imagined saying only a couple of months ago.

The NFU has launched an online survey to better understand how disruption to the usual supply of face masks and other agricultural personal protective equipment (PPE) has affected farmers during the coronavirus pandemic.

With coronavirus prompting the closure of the food-service sector, retailers have struggled to cope with soaring demands for fresh eggs.

Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) has called on Government to provide financial aid for sheep, goat and buffalo milk producers who have seen their supply chains devastated due to Covid-19.