Coronavirus

Countryside groups have called on the Government to take action to ‘save’ the rural economy, after new analysis revealed 320,000 jobs could be at risk when the furlough scheme comes to an end.

Public visits to dairy farms during lockdown have all ceased, but milking cows carries on regardless. Chris McCullough looks at how one organic farm in Denmark is coping during the crisis.

There were warnings failing to obey rules could close marts at a critical time for the industry

Household contacts of factory workers at the Coupar Angus site have been advised to self-isolate

Despite the re-opening of local council-run recycling centres, the fly tipping scourge is continuing around Scotland, with farmers and landowners reporting increased instances of rubbish being discarded.

If the British are a nation of curtain twitchers then there is every chance I have joined their ranks. Since lockdown at the end of March, those Farmers Guardian staff who were office-based have swapped life on a business park for life at home.

Determined to help its sheep milk suppliers when lockdown hit, family-run cheesemakers Shepherds Purse fast tracked the launch of a new product to create some demand for the specialist raw material it was handling. Hannah Park reports.

Malting barley prices were expected to remain under pressure this season, with AHDB figures revealing a 29 per cent drop in demand during June.

Covid-19 has seen the UK venison market decimated, with markets unlikely to recover to previous levels until 2023, the Scottish Venison Association (SVA) has warned.

New data has highlighted a drop in the number of game birds reared for the 2020 shooting season and a rise in poult prices due to the Covid-19 pandemic.