Sustainable Farming

Farmers have hit out at Ed Sheeran’s plan to buy up as much UK land as possible for tree planting.

Retailer Marks and Spencer (M&S) has come under fire for ‘misleading’ consumers about the carbon credentials of meat in a social media ad.  

Farmers have hit out at Ed Sheerans plan to buy up as much UK land as possible for tree planting.

As 2021 draws to an end, Hannah Binns takes a look back at key industry and political developments which made the farming headlines this year.

NFU Scotland has decided to challenge findings published in Lancet, the influential medical journal.

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.