Farm Business

NFU’s horticulture and potatoes board chairwoman Alison Capper has warned thousands of pickers are needed to fill ‘peak’ jobs for the harvest season fast approaching.

What we hope for, and what we actually get, are often two different things. And coronavirus is proving to be a situation which can make the gap between hope and reality seem larger than ever.

The Government must offer support for dairy farmers to stop them going bust because of the coronavirus pandemic, says Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron.

The coronavirus pandemic has shone a spotlight on food security, giving us an opportunity to reshape post-Brexit policy around production, says Matt Legge, a sheep, beef and pig farmer from the Isle of Wight.

Issues such as a lack of agricultural labour have been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, but Brexit is their root cause, says John Finnie, Green MSP for the Highlands and Islands.

Marks and Spencer (M&S) has launched a six-week campaign to showcase the ‘fantastic efforts’ of its British suppliers during the Covid-19 outbreak.

Some welcome rainfall in the UK has continued to influence prices, but in the EU and Black Sea more is needed if yields are not to be downgraded further.

President Trump is determined to ensure US meat processing plants stay open during the coronavirus pandemic, amid reports of meat shortages and staff going off sick with Covid-19.

More than half of the British public see domestic food production as more important now than they did before the coronavirus pandemic, new research has shown.

Scottish Government’s handling of support for rural businesses has been branded ’shambolic’ by Shadow Rural Affairs Cabinet Secretary Rachael Hamilton.