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With many children stuck inside, what better way to pass the time than with an activity pack?

A new online service aimed at capturing farm business issues related to coronavirus has been launched by the NFU.

The team at a North Yorkshire based farm shop are providing customers with an innovative solution to social distancing whilst shopping.

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.

More than 1500 farmers across Britain overcame challenging conditions to make the 2020 Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC) the biggest since it launched in 2014.

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.