Rural Life
SRUC makes major donation to food bank charity
Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) has donated a whopping 1.4t donation of chicken to food banks, school breakfast clubs and homeless shelters...
Rural Life
Agri-Business
Seasonal worker shortage sees eastern Europeans flown into UK
Several large UK farms are taking drastic steps to cope with the seasonal labour shortage chartering flights for eastern European...
Arable
‘Agriculture is going full throttle; yet emissions remain the same’ – US scientist
Agriculture is going “full throttle” across the globe, yet the sector’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions remain at pre-Covid-19 levels, it...
Agri-Business
Public urged to holiday local to help under-threat rural businesses
The millions of people who have had to cancel their Easter holiday plans because of coronavirus have been used to...
Rural Life
Scottish skills matching service to help rural businesses
A new service has been launched to match Scottish rural businesses with potential employees and volunteers during the Covid-19 lockdown....
Agri-Business
UK agricultural university offers drones to disinfect Covid-19 hotspots
An English agricultural university has offered to deliver drone sprayer training to qualified emergency services drone pilots, to enable them...
Agri-Business
Union launches survey to gauge Scottish farmers' Covid-19 experiences
A survey launched this week aims to help farmers in Scotland communicate the issues they are facing as a result...
N.Ireland
Across the Hedgerow: Rural lockdown companionship service launched in NI
Two rural bodies have joined forces to set up a new project to support older and vulnerable people in Northern...
N.Ireland
Across the Hedgerow: Rural lockdown companionship service launched in NI
Two rural bodies have joined forces to set up a new project to support older and vulnerable people in Northern...
Agri-Business
Organisers say AgriScot expected to take place 'as normal'
Organisers say this year’s AgriScot is still scheduled to take place on Wednesday, November 18 with expectations the event will...
Rural Life
Farmers appeal for public to boycott 'dangerous' NHS lantern event
Farmers across the country have urged members of the public to boycott plans to light dangerous sky lanterns in a...
N.Ireland
Stolen machinery found buried in Co. Down
Detectives in Co. Down have recovered farm machinery reported stolen and arrested three men on suspicion of handling stolen goods....
N.Ireland
Stolen machinery found buried in Co. Down
Detectives in Co. Down have recovered farm machinery reported stolen and arrested three men on suspicion of handling stolen goods....
Agri-Business
Scottish Government likely to extend Tenants' Amnesty deadline
Tenant farmers who have yet to notify their landlords of any improvements on their farms were set to lose out...
Arable
Arable April: Ploughs, drills, rollers and more…
As the amount of land left to be planted across the country gets smaller the focus is turning to fertiliser,...
Agri-Business
'Flexibility in Covid-19 job retention scheme needed for rural Scotland' - SLE
Limitations in the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is one of the chief concerns of rural companies during the Covid-19 crisis,...
Rural Life
Farmers report surge in fly-tipping incidents as lockdown sees dumps closed
Rural areas around the UK have seen a dramatic increase in fly-tipping over the last number of weeks, with many...
Rural Life
Farmers' 'hello Scotland' video racks up thousands of views
Farmers and crofters throughout Scotland have managed more than 70,000 views in just 18 hours for a special film showing...
