Author Posts: Farmers Guide

Alexia Robinson, founder of Love British Food, is heading up an innovative matchmaking service to help hospitals source local milk for their patients, potentially creating a robust supply chain for dairy farmers.

At a time of unprecedented uncertainty and challenges for businesses throughout the world innovative family-owned UK agricultural machinery manufacturer Claydon has reported strong sales for the first quarter of 2020.

OSR is a key ingredient for many products, from rapeseed oil and margarines to mayonnaise to salad dressings, making it a valuable crop for Britain.

M&S is championing British farming and pledging support for its family of nearly 10,000 farmers across the UK as they face ever-growing challenges during these exceptional times.

Performance-led nutrition and precision-made housing boosts efficiency for one Norfolk herd. Meanwhile, a new venture has found a more ‘ground-friendly’ way to transport feed and move pigs around on units. Jane Jordan reports.

Hundreds of agricultural shows up and down the country forced to cancel owing the Coronavirus Pandemic, to honour them, The Greatest Agricultural show was born and will go online on the 2nd May.

Workers who have been furloughed from their jobs due to the Covid-19 lockdown are being urged to help get the harvest in amid ongoing concerns about a labour shortfall, as Eastern European pickers are unable to get to the UK.

At the tractor and agricultural machinery manufacturer the temporary shutdown assembly lines are restarting this week at the German AGCO locations, including producing face shields for the emergency services.

Parents now faced with home schooling their children in lockdown will no doubt be grateful for the rising number of farmers who are posting educational videos online.

Meat levy boards are pitching in to a major national campaign encouraging consumers to ‘Make It’ with beef, to alleviate carcase balance challenges in the beef supply chain.

The Prince’s Countryside Fund has awarded over £120,000 of funding to 62 community-led projects dealing with the impact of Covid-19 across the UK.

More than 680,000 bees are on a unique spring break at the Hadlow Estate in Kent, to help it get the very best from its fruit orchards.