Agricultural science funding is set to become a casualty of the rapidly escalating row over the UK Government’s plans to unliterally change the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Farmers with access to digestate are being encouraged to explore the benefits of using it as a cost-effective source of crop nutrition.

Increased land values were raising barriers to new entrants to farming as natural capital and afforestation interest drive Scottish farmland markets according to a new report by Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC).

A fresh bird flu outbreak on the Shetland Isles has put poultry exports from the UK at risk.

Scottish Government statistics released this week showed agricultural greenhouse gas emissions dropped by 2.9 per cent between 2019 and 2020.

Two young famers who spoke at a NSA Scotsheep seminar had both started by building up flocks, but they had other traits in common. Ewan Pate reports.

Two young famers who spoke at a NSA Scotsheep seminar had both started by building up flocks, but they had other traits in common. Ewan Pate reports.

Life changed for popular TV vet Guy Gordon when he upped sticks from the north of England and lay some new roots down in one of the most remote areas of Scotland. Ewan Pate finds out more.

INCREASED land values were raising barriers to new entrants to farming as natural capital and afforestation interest drive Scottish farmland markets according to a new report by Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC).

A fresh row over farming powers is brewing between Westminster and Holyrood after the UK Government moved to approve gene editing.