Politics

Scottish Conservative Party leader Douglas Ross said agriculture will be a priority for every Scottish Conservative MP elected at the General Election on July 4

Farmer turned SNP candidate for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Dr Lucy Beattie said it would be a privilege to represent constituents in a place where she lives and works

Scottish First Minister John Swinney said the UK Government must increase funding for farming to at least pre-Brexit levels

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was keen to win over the votes of farmers in north Devon this week, with his pledge to back the badger cull and a promise to ringfence the extra £1 billion farming budget for food production

Head of policy at FUW, Mr Parry has provided an insight on the agricultural budget and the ramifications of agricultural policies within manifestos which could impact Welsh farmers

The Prime Minister said the Conservatives had been the only party to make a commitment to continue badger culling

The party has released its priorities and aims to support Scottish farmers ahead of the General Election on July 4

The NFU said the scheme could have provided support to farmers following the impacts of 'highly volatile commercial conditions' and wet weather on their businesses

The Welsh Conservatives leader has written a blog for Farmers Guardian on the importance of farming communities, the Sustainable Farming Scheme and how his party will back farmers ahead of the General Election

Alex Cole-Hamilton, leader of the party, said the Scottish Liberal Democrats were the party of rural Scotland