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ArticleCut audit bur­den

FARM assur­ance has to change, and quickly, accord­ing to the final UK Farm Assur­ance Review mon­it­or­ing report. The report did not call for assur­ance to be scrapped. It accep­ted that assur­ance remained import­ant for stand­ards,...

ArticleFam­ily suc­cess at Stew­ar­ton Show

Over­all show cham­pion at Stew­ar­ton and Dun­lop was awar­ded to the com­mer­cial beef cham­pion, David Parker, pic­tured with his wife Jean, son Calum (7), and daugh­ter Megan (2)

ArticleRSPB report raises con­cern

A new RSPB report examin­ing pat­terns of rap­tor per­se­cu­tion across the UK has sparked renewed debate around wild­life crime and gamebird man­age­ment. Coun­tryside and shoot­ing organ­isa­tions have respon­ded by con­demning illegal activ­ity...

ArticleCut audit bur­den

Another major super­mar­ket retailer had ini­tially com­mit­ted to par­ti­cip­ate, but later decided not to respond because it dis­agreed with some of the recom­mend­a­tions. The report did not name either retailer. The mon­it­or­ing sur­vey was sent...

ArticleCli­mate and coun­tryside in joint politi­cian role

ArticleNFUS warns cheap food has con­sequences

NFU Scot­land has warned that relent­less pres­sure to keep food prices low is pla­cing the future of domestic food pro­duc­tion at risk. The warn­ing comes as farm­ers and cro…ers con­tinue to face mount­ing fin­an­cial pres­sure from rising input...

ArticleCould you be the next Farmer of the year?

The Scot­tish Agri­cul­ture Awards in asso­ci­ation with Vir­gin Money are back for 2026 will once again recog­nise the hard work, innov­a­tion and com­mit­ment shown by farm­ers across Scot­land. In part­ner­ship with The Scot­tish Farmer, Agriscot...

ArticleGov­ern­ment cuts red diesel duty

A tem­por­ary cut to red diesel duty has been announced by the Gov­ern­ment in a move aimed at eas­ing pres­sure on busi­nesses grap­pling with soar­ing fuel prices linked to the war in Iran. The Treas­ury con­firmed that duty on red diesel will fall...