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The Farming Community Network (FCN) has raised over £500 in a 25 mile sponsored walk to celebrate 25 years of helping those in need.

A leading farm consultant has warned farmers must make plans now to replace the loss of income, due to the phasing out of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in 2021. 

Diversified farm businesses have been hit hard by the Government’s unprecedented lockdown restrictions, but industry experts claim agritourism is set to ‘bounce back’ post Covid-19. Mollie Leach reports. 

The Government’s failure to protect our standards in the Agriculture Bill was very disappointing, but UK farmers shouldn’t be too demoralised because they have high quality products to sell, says Andrew Robinson, head of agriculture at Armstrong Watson.

Bodies representing different parts of the food supply chain have urged Government to set out what kind of support it intends to offer businesses in the event of a second wave of coronavirus.

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

Faced with the greatest threat to public health this country has faced in our lifetimes, the Government has taken a series of unprecedented steps to protect the NHS and save many thousands of lives, says Defra Secretary George Eustice.

The SNP has called on the Chancellor to use the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) payment structure to ensure farmers receive coronavirus support.

Specialists at the Centre for Food Policy at City, University of London, are calling for the establishment of a cross-Government committee to coordinate decision-making on food during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Agriculture Bill is coming back to Parliament, and that is good news for farmers and the environment, says Tom Lancaster, acting head of land, seas and climate policy at the RSPB.