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UK livestock scientists are sharing their knowledge and expertise in the race to control the spread of Covid-19.

A new partnership between Arla and three national food charities will provide dairy products to thousands of vulnerable families during the Covid-19 pandemic.

An agricultural contractor has mobilised his fleet of tractors to help deliver prescriptions to children during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A major £1.2 million national consumer campaign ‘Make It’ with beef is being launched by AHDB, Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) and Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC), in a bid to address red meat turbulence within the supply chain.

Farmers daughter, Lisa Richardson, planned to run the Liverpool marathon in May to raise money for the charity, however due to Covid-19 the marathon has been postponed. Instead she has decided to climb her staircase the height of Everest (4424 times) with 10kg weight in a rucksack.

People and businesses across the countryside are working flat out to keep the nation fed, to protect jobs, and support their communities says Rob Hindle, Director of Rural Solutions.Ìý

NFU Cymru has called on the Welsh Government to redeploy rural development cash to support farming businesses through the coronavirus pandemic.

51AVÊÓƵbusinesses will be able to claim Government backed loans of up to 50,000 with no repayments or interest for the first 12 months.

NFU president Minette Batters says a dairy hardship payment expected to be announced by Government this week has not come quick enough for farmers battling ‘market collapse’.

An arable farmer has built a rainbow sculpture from haylage bales to raise awareness for a children’s hospice struggling financially due to the Covid-19 pandemic.