Rural Life
Women in Ag course ‘Be Your Best Self’ to begin in October
The Scottish Government has announced plans to fund a series of training courses – titled ‘Be Your Best Self’ –...
Scotland
Arable
Sugar beet set to make a comeback in Scotland
The reintroduction of sugar beet production to Scotland has taken a significant step forward after the pilot project laying its...
Rural Life
Farmer to fly-tippers: ‘I’m going to bring a load of buffalo dung and tip it in your shop’
Well-known buffalo farmer and butcher Steven Mitchell, best known for his business ‘The Buffalo Farm’, has taken to social media...
Arable
Harvest 2020 has seen 'some of the poorest crops cut in living memory'
Reports from around the country suggest Scotland’s 2020 cereal harvest is drawing to a close and many parts have been...
Rural Life
Trailer transporting potatoes overturns on Scottish road
A road was closed after a tractor drawing a trailer full of potatoes overturned in Scotland earlier this morning (Wednesday,...
N.Ireland
Mixed estate on 9,309ac offers recreation, conservation, forestry and farming in one
Kinrara Estate, a superb Speyside estate with a productive grouse moor, stalking, salmon and trout fishing, with significant afforestation and...
Rural Life
125ac 'lotting of land gives a good variety of options for purchasers'
A large block of productive farmland, near Fallin, on the eastern fringes of Stirling, has been brought to the market...
Agri-Business
£2 million fund to grow Scottish forestry and farm businesses
Scottish Forestry is making over £2 million available to tree nurseries, small forestry businesses and farmers to help them gear...
Rural Life
Attractive, compact and ring-fenced farm up for grabs in Stirlingshire
Auchensalt Farm near Thornhill, Stirlingshire, Scotland, is now on the market through Galbraith. The property is an attractive, compact, ring-fenced...
Agri-Business
Familiar face joins AHDB Dairy team in Scotland
Levy body AHDB (the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board) has appointed Doreen Anderson to the newly created role of senior...
Rural Life
Calf choked to death on litter in Scotland as lockdown sees fly-tipping soar
More than 100 fly-tipping incidents are thought to have occurred across Scotland since the start of the lockdown amid reports...
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,...
N.Ireland
Change of scene: Diverse farm portfolio with 238ac and 10 holiday cottages…in Scotland
Located in a rural coastal position around three miles from Dalbeattie, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, and around two miles...
Rural Life
For sale: Small farm with potential, within Loch Lomond National Park
Galbraith brings to the market Old Kirk Farm, a compact livestock and amenity farm situated within a beautiful setting within...
Rural Life
Land managers asked to stop muirburn during Covid-19 pandemic
Moorland managers are being urged by Scottish Land & Estates not to undertake muirburn (controlled burning of heather) during the...
Agri-Business
BVA wants vets included in support plans for businesses affected by Covid-19
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has written to the Government, urging that veterinary practices be covered in the scope of...
Agri-Business
Scotland granted deorgation on 2020 3-crop rule
Growers in Scotland have been granted a derogation to the crop diversification requirement of the Basic Payment Scheme for 2020....
Rural Life
Buccleuch and community group agree 'historic' land transfer
An agreement for a transfer of land to the community has been reached between Buccleuch and a nearby community trust....
