Farm Business

Farm groups have joined forces to help farmers navigate the cashflow crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, with banks being urged to be ’flexible’. 

Freshways is the latest processor to further cut and delay milk payments with its boss citing ‘choked up’ markets as a result of Covid-19 making it more difficult to handle surplus milk.

Farmers and crofters across Scotland have united to produce a video to reassure the general public they will continue to work hard to feed the nation as the Covid-19 lockdown continues.

Farming unions have urged retailers and processors to reconsider their responsibility towards British beef and lamb suppliers in the newly constrained marketplace as a result of Covid-19.

Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing has called on the UK Government to take advantage of any EU cash made available to support farmers through the coronavirus crisis.

Coronavirus has highlighted vulnerabilities in the food supply chain, but what needs to change? Prof Tim Lang of professor of food policy at City, University of London, speaks to Abi Kay. 

The last three weeks have seen a marked shift in how and where we buy our food. It is a pattern that will remain while we are in lockdown and I suspect there will be a few habits or behaviours that persist for the longer term. 

When the Government announced its unprecedented lockdown measures, restricting people’s movement and closing businesses, many farm diversifications were forced to shut their doors.

For several decades now the UK dairy sector has often been the dysfunctional arm of the UK farming family.

In light of the heightened level of safety measures during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the Livestock Auctioneers’ Association (LAA) has announced additional security standards and restrictions to ensure continued