More than 1200 Scottish farm businesses could miss early BPS payments as FFIS verification checks create processing delays.
John Swinney’s Programme for Government contains a revealing inversion of priorities. The Food Prices Bill sits in the first-year legislative programme. The Rural Renewal Bill, intended to support ...
Fifty years on, blackgrass remains a major arable challenge, with growers relying on cultural controls and evolving herbicides.
Scottish ministers say farmers and primary producers will be protected as they consult on price caps for essential supermarket foods.
Young stockspeople are finding alternative opportunities after livestock classes were cancelled at several summer shows.
Hosting volunteers from around the world has brought fresh ideas, lasting friendships and new opportunities to a Scottish farm.
A strong breeding sheep trade at Barnard Castle saw a champion Texel ram sell for £2,350 as gimmer and ram prices rose.
Bluetongue remains a major concern as farmers prepare for autumn sales, with vaccination and disease control in sharp focus.
Climate pressures, high input costs and weather uncertainty are testing farmers, despite resilient grain production levels.
Tulchan Estate has been sold to an Emirati businessman, ending a controversial ownership deal that sparked concern among farmers.
SRUC chief Professor Wayne Powell says crop testing must evolve alongside precision breeding, AI and genomics to deliver climate-ready varieties.
Corstane heads to Kelso with 10 Beltex cross Texel shearlings, bred for mobility, performance and commercial lamb production.