A Covid-19 outbeak amongst the workforce has led to a two-week closure of Scotland’s only large scale pig abattoir at Brechin

New legislation aimed at addressing the increasing level of attacks on livestock, including raising the maximum fine to £40,000, has been debated in the Scottish Parliament.

The advantages of adding value to farm produce are well recognised now but they were not when Tom Mitchell re-modelled his pig enterprise back in 1997. Ewan Pate reports.

A consultation into gene editing has stirred up a controversy that never lies far from the surface in Scotland.

It has been confirmed cereal and grass seeds cannot be exported to the EU or Northern Ireland from Great Britain

As governments carve out their post-Brexit payment models. Ewan Pate speaks to Martin Beard, the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) new vice-president, about the opportunities and challenges facing farmers who keep rare and native breeds.

The tightening up of Covid-19 restrictions in Scotland has resulted in a postponement of the February Stirling Bull Sales

After years of political wrangling, the James Hutton Institute’s Mylnefield Campus near Dundee will receive 62 million as part of the signed Tays Cities Deal.

There is plenty of anecdotal evidence to suggest an increase in Scotland’s badger population but few hard facts on population density or distribution.

NFU Scotland is preparing to respond to Defra and Scottish Government consultations on animal transportation.