Arable
Pest pressure for oilseed rape leads to cereals area growth
The English oilseed rape area has fallen to a 16-year low, following a year of challenging agronomics and pest pressure....
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Dairy
New £8 million Dairy Innovation Centre planned at SRUC
The Borderlands partnership has announced it will invest up to £8 million into a new Centre of Dairy Innovation in...
Beef
Union calls on nation to back Scotch Beef during price slump
A prolonged three-year low in the beef price is seriously impacting the incomes of farms and crofters across the country,...
Dairy
First Milk announces plans to close one of its Scottish creameries
First Milk has announced plans to close one of its Scottish creameries after it failed to find a buyer for...
Dairy
Union hears out members at mandatory dairy contract meetings
Scottish dairy farmers turned out in strong numbers to have an open discussion with NFU Scotland on proposed mandatory contracts...
Agri-Business
FUW to consult extensively on Welsh Government's Sustainable Farming Scheme
The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) is planning to hold meetings during the summer and into the autumn to discuss...
Agri-Business
Union calls for Scottish Government to make up LFASS 2019 shortfall
NFU Scotland has written to the Scottish Government calling on it to act with “urgency and certainty” to plug the...
Rural Life
'Established' dairy farm includes 3 robotic milking machines on 523ac
Galbraith has brought to the open market East Tarbrax Farm in North Lanarkshire, a substantial dairy unit of 523.33ac currently...
Agri Politics
Hunt statement on 'relief programme' is a 'recognition of devastation'
The comments from Jeremy Hunt – where he vowed to introduce a “relief programme” for agriculture in the case of...
Rural Life
Winners of 2019 SAYFC Scotch Beef Country Cook announced
Two teams of young farmers proved they could handle the heat of the kitchen at Saturday’s final of the Scotch...
Grass
Better Grazing meetings to put multi-species swards in the spotlight
Livestock farmers are invited to attend one of the five free meetings organised by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) as part...
Rural Life
400ac farm for sale 'well suited to arable rotation'
A highly productive block of arable land in rural Fife has come to the open market through Galbraith. The land...
Machinery
Uneven swaths? Here’s how Krone is ‘ironing out the lumps’
AgriLand recently attended a Krone event in Scotland, in which updates to its self-propelled forage harvesters – to boost throughput...
Machinery
Is this ‘slick-shifting, dual-clutch’ box a deserving winner?
A Case IH Maxxum tractor was among the award winners at last week’s Royal Highland Show (June 20-23) in Scotland;...
Machinery
Edging closer: Turkish-built Basak tractors at Royal Highland Show
In the UK and Ireland, we are familiar with Turkish tractor brands such as Tumosan, Armatrac and Hattat; all three are...
Rural Life
World War II bomb explodes in field – leaving 10m crater
A crater left by a World War II bomb was discovered in a field in Germany on Sunday evening, June...
Agri-Business
Vertical farming firm awarded £5.4 million funding
Scottish vertical farm technology business, Intelligent Growth Solutions Ltd (IGS) has secured £5.4 million of funding to deliver ground-breaking technology...
Agri-Business
Whisky and salmon boost Scottish exports to record £1.4 billion
Total exports for Scottish food and drink were worth £1.4 billion in the first quarter of the year as whisky...
