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With changing support structures for farmers and concerns over food standards in post-Brexit trade deals presenting unprecedented challenges for Number 10, has the Government delivered on its promises for UK farming?

Fuel prices were softening at a key time when farmers were playing catch-up after the wet winter but they have not yet tumbled in line with oil prices.

In a joint letter, a cohort of charities and rural campaigners have urged Government to halt US trade negotiations to focus on the health and economic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Potato growers are calling for special assistance after the sudden closure of many fish and chip shops.

Muller has increased its Muller Direct Premium price by 1ppl, citing an uplift in consumer demand in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic.

Labour availability, supply chain disruption and volatile prices are the issues uniting farmers around the world as the global industry reacts to coronavirus.

There is no doubt that beating the Covid-19 pandemic will require a sustained, collective effort unknown in this country since the end of the second world war.

Panic buying of products such as bread and potatoes due to coronavirus fears is supporting prices in these sectors.

As farms across Scotland begin the spring work in earnest everyone is having to use common sense in their working practices to minimise the risk of contracting Covid-19 or spreading the disease.

In these unprecedented times, farming’s pivotal role in feeding the nation has been brought back into sharp focus.