The University of Edinburgh Students Association is the latest body to join the anti-meat campaign following a bad-tempered meeting where agricultural students were denied a voice before being shown the door.

Scottish seed potato growers have come out strongly in defence of their production standards amid accusations of unacceptable viral infection in 2019 crops.

Store cattle prices are strengthening, with numbers sold through auction markets lower than a year ago.

Recommendations made in the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) report (January 28) still fall short on delivering for the UK’s food and farming sectors, industry leaders have warned.

While the debate over a second independence referendum for Scotland fills the news, the business of devolved government goes on with the new UK Agriculture Bill proving contentious.

Tributes have been paid to one of the most prominent figures in Scottish agriculture, Brian Pack, who has died at the age of 74.