Agri-Business
Secretary Jack hosts 'Taste of Scotland' event
Some of Scotland’s finest food and drink producers were showcased in London yesterday (Tuesday, November 23) at a ‘Taste of...
Scotland
Agri Politics
Slurry storage and spreading - rule changes announced by Scottish government
The Scottish government has announced changes to its slurry rules following amendments to the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations...
Forestry
Views sought on new Corporate Plan for FLS
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has announced it is consulting on its new, three-year Corporate Plan. Setting out the organisation’s...
Beef
Scottish cattle keepers: Don’t forget registration switch this weekend
From Monday, October 4, the registration of all cattle births, deaths and movements outside a keepers business in Scotland are...
Rural Life
Farming is the UK's second most dangerous industry
Farming is the UK’s second most dangerous industry, according the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) workplace fatality data analysed in...
Government
Sturgeon's programme for government 21/22 aims for a ‘greener Scotland’
In the 2021 to 2022 Scottish programme for government, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has set out to aim for a...
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’ –...
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,...
