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At the outset of a time of increased pressure on the farming industry, I wanted to share my views on how to protect vulnerable people in your business from contracting Covid-19, says Oliver Dale, MD at Safety Revolution.

Tributes have been paid to Richard Huxtable, a case officer for rural charity RSABI who passed away suddenly at his home near Inverurie on Monday (March 30) at the age of 55.

Farmers could benefit from the Government’s coronavirus Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) but they need to study the small print first.

Muller has increased its Muller Direct Premium price by 1ppl, citing an uplift in consumer demand in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic.

JCB will be joining the national effort to manufacture ventilators in a bid to fight the coronavirus outbreak.

51AVÊÓƵemployers are facing a host of conundrums concerning staff as the Coronavirus crisis deepens. Sharmon Blackwell of CXCS provides 10 key pointers.

Labour availability, supply chain disruption and volatile prices are the issues uniting farmers around the world as the global industry reacts to coronavirus.

There is no doubt that beating the Covid-19 pandemic will require a sustained, collective effort unknown in this country since the end of the second world war.

The lockdown of most of the nation’s population will hopefully have the desired effect of slowing down this hellish virus.

Panic buying of products such as bread and potatoes due to coronavirus fears is supporting prices in these sectors.