The long-term impact of Covid-19 on Scottish agriculture are found to be limited.

Analysts say that although the Covid-19 pandemic has had a major impact on the global economy, particularly during 2020 and 2021, its effect on the agri-food industry was relatively limited.

The biggest effects on agri-food were in terms of labour availability and costs as well as the associated supply-chain and logistical challenges.

Whilst this was a key factor in the sizeable wage increases for logistics staff and HGV drivers and has contributed to increased global inflation, by the time that the industry interviews with analysts were being undertaken for the study, the focus has started to shift away from the pandemic.

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Although labour costs and supply-chain issues which have arisen from Covid-19 are anticipated to linger for a few months yet, they are not expected to have a major long-term impact.

The analysts say most industry participants believe that the Russia-Ukraine conflict will have a more telling impact on the future performance of the global agri-food industry.