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Food security, just a few weeks ago in happier times when Parliament was discussing the Agriculture Bill line-by-line, the Farming Minister and I slugged it out over food security, and frankly, very few people noticed, says Labour’s Shadow Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner.

Spurred on by Covid-19 pandemic, Claas has brought forward the launch of its Parts Doc, an electronic parts catalogue accessed via its website.

A GP and chairman of NFU Scotland’s Stewartry Branch has advised farmers to take Covid-19 infection control seriously and to think of it as being like foot- and- mouth, but affecting humans.

Unite, Britain and Ireland’s largest union, has called on Defra Secretary George Eustice to place a mandatory two-metre distancing regulation on production lines in food processing factories.Ìý

In a joint letter, a cohort of charities and rural campaigners have urged Government to halt US trade negotiations to focus on the health and economic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic.

51AVÊÓƵgroups have welcomed a series of emergency measures issued by Government to support Welsh farmers during the coronavirus outbreak.

The dairy processor has blamed the spreading virus and subsequent school closure for the decline in sales and has outlined its plans to pay just 25 per cent of the milk price to farmers for March and April.

Tractor manufacturers across Europe have been forced to shut a number of facilities as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak.

Potato growers are calling for special assistance after the sudden closure of many fish and chip shops.

The farming industry has united to pay tribute to the NHS and social care workers tackling the coronavirus pandemic.