Agri Politics
NFU Scotland calls for members to contact MPs ahead of Agri Bill debate
NFU Scotland is urgently requesting its members to contact their MPs ahead of the UK government’s Agriculture Bill’s anticipated return...
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Agri Politics
New group secretary appointed at NFU Scotland
The National Farmers’ Union Scotland (NFUS) has appointed Stephen Hepburn as its new Senior Group Secretary and Senior Agent based at the...
Agri Politics
Flytipping: 'Scotland’s beautiful countryside continues to be blighted by people’s rubbish'
Scotland’s leading rural and environmental organisations have written an open letter to Roseanna Cunningham MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate...
Environment
New advisory panel to drive NFU Scotland's response to climate change
NFU Scotland’s newly established Climate Change Advisory Panel has met via video call for the first time today (September 11,...
Sheep
‘Most talked about lamb of the year’ goes for 350,000gns in Scotland
The Scottish National Texel Sale in Lanark, Scotland, this week saw a new world record price for a sheep, when...
Rural Life
Scotland to launch world’s first rural youth 'smart village'
Plans are underway to establish a pioneering youth-centric ‘smart village’ which will encourage young people to build vibrant, creative, and...
Agri-Business
Scotland’s 'natural economy' valued at over £29 billion a year
A new report has defined and detailed for the first time the value of the ‘natural economy’ to Scotland’s overall...
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
'All the elements for a wonderful rural lifestyle': 84ac farm for sale in Scotland
Currently on the market is Langlee Park, a superb small farm just outside Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders. The property...
Arable
Brassicas to be focus of new AHDB strategic centre in Scotland
East of Scotland Growers (ESG) has joined AHDB’s Farm Excellence programme as the new Strategic Centre for field vegetable crops...
Pig/Poultry
Scotland's pig industry launches 6-point plan to 'reset, restart and recover'
Pig farmers in Scotland have set out a list of six priorities to map out how they plan to “reset,...
Arable
Strategic Potato Farm Scotland looks for solutions for the seed industry
AHDB’s new host SPot farmer in Scotland, seed potato producer, Jim Reid, from Milton of Mathers farm, St. Cyrus, north...
Agri-Business
NFU Scotland's political engagement goes online
With NFU Scotland’s programme of regular regional meetings with local politicians brought to a halt during Covid-19, the union has...
Agri-Business
SRUC awarded £36,000 to research Covid-19 in rural Scotland
Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) is one of 15 Scottish universities and research institutions contributing to global efforts to combat coronavirus...
Agri-Business
Sell direct Scotland: Adapting your farm business during the pandemic
Soil Association Scotland is hosting farmers and growers across Scotland for an online discussion on May 7 about direct selling,...
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...
