Politics

Scottish Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing has accused the Treasury of plotting to cut payments to farmers under the guise of environmentalism.

Defra Secretary George Eustice has said there is no scientific justification whatsoever for the EUs ban on UK seed potato exports.

Defra Secretary George Eustice has said there is ‘no scientific justification whatsoever’ for the EU’s ban on UK seed potato exports.

UK and EU diplomats finally agreed a trade deal at the end of 2020, with negotiations going right to the wire. Abi Kay explores what it means for individual farming sectors.

Red Tractor is urging farmers to respond to a new consultation on future standards across all six of the scheme’s sectors.

With 2020 now drawing to a close, Abi Kay lists the key political dates farmers should keep an eye on in 2021.

Leave-voting farmers felt EU control over their business dealings threatened their very sense of self, a new study has found.

The best future for Scottish farmers will be achieved by pursuing independence from the dysfunctional UK, says John Finnie, Green MSP for the Highlands and Islands.

There were many unpredictable and unprecedented events in 2020, but what does 2021 have in store for farmers? Sustain’s head of sustainable farming, Vicki Hird, explores what could be on the horizon.

Livestock farmers are more likely than their arable counterparts to have voted leave in the EU referendum, a new study has found.