Politics

Remote rural communities and businesses are to benefit from a new £7m fund as part of the Prime Minister’s pledge to support the countryside economy

Cabinet Secretary Mairi Gougeon and Director of Agriculture and Rural Economy George Burgess failed to give a clear answer on the £33 million missing from the Scottish Agricultural budget

Scottish Land and Estates (SLE) has called on First Minister Humza Yousaf to appoint a junior minister to the rural portfolio.

The levy body was looking to get more businesses encourage more businesses to explore export possibilities

Farming Minister Mark Spencer outlines Government response to the Rock Review

Tenant Farmers Association chief executive George Dunn said the Government's ‘steady as you go approach' was an unsatisfactory outcome

Former Cabinet Secretary of Rural Affairs Fergus Ewing will replace her at the flagship Scottish Beef Association event

Welsh Government is leaving it to us to take ‘all the responsibility' for the welfare of farmers when it comes to the impact of bovine TB, says charity.

Soil Association said abattoirs are an essential cornerstone of local supply chains but they are struggling due to a lack of government funding

CLA said the proposals risk making it harder to rent a home, without making it easier to buy one