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As the Covid-19 lockdown has sent most of us indoors for the foreseeable, school closures have left parents with children to educate and entertain. Essex farmers Guy and Emily French decided to help out by providing regular educational videos on social media to teach children about farm life.

Farming landlords and tenants are being asked to work collaboratively and be compassionate in overcoming disputes during these unprecedented and challenging times.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

As the UK battles the escalating Covid-19 outbreak, farmers are being warned to take steps to protect their machinery, livestock and equipment from thieves who are taking advantage of the pandemic.

Top Gear host turned farmer Jeremy Clarkson yesterday welcomed ‘panic buyers’ to his farm shop but warned them not to get out of the car.

We would like to reassure the farming community and readers that Farmers Guide will continue to operate as normal during the outbreak of Covid-19.