Coronavirus

The Royal Highland Show’s brand new Members’ Pavilion is to be used as a centre for Covid-19 vaccinations.

FOR almost a decade Farmers Guardian has sought to highlight the often shocking toll of dogs attacks on livestock via its Take the Lead campaign.

Businesses with a minimum of 50 employees can establish asymptomatic testing sites (ATSs) in the workplace, enabling staff to access free lateral flow devices (LFDs) and receive rapid Covid-19 results, Defra has said.

North-east of Scotland pig farmers, who would normally be supplying the Brechin abattoir in Angus are desperately trying to find accommodation two weeks’ worth of finished pigs.

£2.2 million has been allocated to support Northern Irelands pig sector, Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Minister Edwin Poots has announced.

Consumers feel more positive about British agriculture following a year of major change, according to a new report by AHDB

A Covid-19 outbeak amongst the workforce has led to a two-week closure of Scotland’s only large scale pig abattoir at Brechin

Muller has ‘scaled down’ production at its Bridgwater dairy after a major Covid-19 outbreak where one worker died

Dairy farmers have been reminded to issue their employees with a Key Worker Travel Pass.

The 2021 Fife Show, due to be held on May 21, has been cancelled due to possible Covid-19 tier restrictions.