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SCOTLAND’S struggling pig sector has been handed a £2 million lifeline, but producers warn the funding alone will not be enough to prevent more farms leaving the industry. The Scottish Government has announced an emergency support...
Father-and-son duo Michael and Mark Robertson, Fodderletter Farms, Tomintoul, had a field day at Echt Show, winning the commercial championship with their heifer BB which went on to take the supreme beef honours and overall champion of...
THE future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will be a key issue in negotiations over the European Union’s next longterm budget, with agriculture commissioner Christophe Hansen warning that weakening support for farming would risk...
ANDY Burnham is set to enter Downing Street next week facing fresh calls to put the countryside at the centre of the UK’s economic strategy, aer Labour backbench MPs and the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) published a blueprint...
IT wasn’t even this bad when Covid hit. As a non-subsidised sector, we are not in the habit of asking for money, but something is better than nothing.” Announcing the package, rural aairs secretary Gillian Martin acknowledged the...
SCOTTISH farmers are being urged to monitor livestock, water supplies and forage availability as a prolonged spell of high temperatures continues across the country. The Met O ce said Scotland recorded temperatures approaching 30C...
THE European Commission has unveiled its first-ever livestock strategy, setting out a long-term plan to strengthen Europe’s livestock sector while improving its resilience, competitiveness and sustainability. The strategy marks a...
THE James Hutton Institute has unveiled an ambitious new five-year corporate plan, setting out how it intends to help tackle climate change, strengthen rural communities, and support Scotland’s farming and land-based industries through...
THE Dutch government has announced a new nitrogenreduction package that includes a land-based dairy standard of 2.6 livestock units per hectare – known in the Netherlands as 2.6 GVE/ha. The measure is part of a wider plan to reduce...
BRITISH seed potato exports to the EU could resume by mid-2027 under plans to overhaul post-Brexit trading rules. Exports stopped in January 2021 when the UK and European Commission failed to agree a sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) deal to...