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JCB is poised to re-start production at a factory closed as a result of the Coronavirus crisis in order to join the national effort to manufacture ventilators.

Major veterinary groups and animal welfare charities have joined forces to ensure veterinary care can continue under the Covid-19 lockdown.

ADA has set out recommendations in line with Government guidelines to ensure that the landscape and rural communities remain defended during this national emergency.

In order to minimise human contact and still provide a high level of service, Claas UK has launched its Parts Doc electronic parts catalogue for customers online.

As the UK’s core supermarkets struggle to keep up with increasing demand and the most vulnerable in society are forced to stay in due to Covid-19, farmers are out en masse – not just spring planting, lambing and feeding the country as normal – but going the extra mile to help the elderly, vulnerable and those who cannot get basic supplies. Farmers Guide spoke to just a few of these heroic farmers, who are putting the needs of their communities above their own.

The Chemicals Regulation Directorate (CRD) has announced an end to the use of Bayer’s potato seed treatment Monceren (pencycuron) as of 25th March 2020.

Based in Belchamp Walter, the Hogsbjerg family have employed an unusual piece of machinery to assist with maintenance on Clarks Farm – a black and chrome, cult-classic mobility scooter known as a TGA Supersport.

With school closures as a result of Covid-19, children are spending more time on their family farms and may even be called on to help if family members are vulnerable or have contracted the virus. Farming organisations have issued advice for parents to ensure children stay safe in these unprecedented times.

Claas and its dealers will continue to operate all parts, workshop, sales and delivery services as normal, while complying with the government’s latest Covid-19 advice, the company says.

As the UK goes into lockdown to reduce the spread of Covid-19, the Animal and Plant Health Agency has confirmed there are currently no plans to cancel any statutory requirements for TB testing.

Bayer’s Ben Coombs Ben Coombs of Bayer shares his thoughts on wheat weed control in this unusual season.

More than 3,000 fruit pickers are required by Scottish fruit company, Angus Growers, to meet the shortfall of an anticipated 80 per cent of their workforce unable to travel through Europe during this time.