Sustainable Farming

The SNP Government has been slammed for cutting the Agricultural Transformation Fund by £20 million, with political opponents warning the move will have a ‘devastating impact’ on farming.

The SNP Government has been slammed for cutting the Agricultural Transformation Fund by 20 million, with political opponents warning the move will have a devastating impact on farming.

The Scottish Government has rejected calls for farmers to receive compensation where beaver damage is causing a financial loss.

Landlords seeking to take land back for tree planting have been ‘frightening’ tenants with notices to quit, according to the TFA.

A huge tranche of the hill land on the iconic Glen Dye Estate in the eastern Grampians has been sold for forestry and peatland restoration.

A huge tranche of the hill land on the iconic Glen Dye Estate in the eastern Grampians has been sold for forestry and peatland restoration.

Climate change, access to labour and an increasing number of cyber attacks were among the possible threats to the UK’s food security listed in a new Government review.

UK agriculture must turn the net zero conundrum on its head and ‘see its current liabilities as assets’, the 2021 Nuffield Conference heard.

A toolkit that assesses the ammonia emissions risk posed by a farm has been put forward as an alternative to environmental permitting, which is currently on-track to be extended to ‘dairy and intensive beef farms’ by 2025.

Dairy farms are at risk of being priced out of complying with rule changes anticipated on the back of environmental permitting, currently on-track to be extended to ‘dairy and intensive beef farms’ by 2025.