Royal Highland Show

Downpours did not rain on the exhibitors parade at this year’s Royal Highland Show, with the highest dairy entries seen in a decade

Herds have already been lost with warnings more will follow if the situation does not change

NFU Scotland vice-president Robert Neill said the wages board is outdated and called on Scottish Government to scrap it within 12 months

John Swinney emphasised his government's unwavering support for Scotland’s agricultural sector as he addressed visitors on day one of the event

A MasterChef quarter-finalist, two Great Britain representative butchers, a Michelin star chef, and numerous industry-leading chefs and butchers are set to take the stage to highlight the incredible food produced by the sector

Lisa Fleming established her Falnash Bluefaced Leicester flock in 2021, winning a major Royal Highland Show award the following year which ignited her passion for showing

Errington Cheese won three gold awards at last year's Royal Highland Show, with 'Blackmount', a goats' milk lactic cheese, going on to lift the overall dairy produce title. This year, they are heading back to Ingliston hoping to pick up more silverware

John Christie began showing Suffolks at the Royal Highland Show in 1981, so it was a dream come true when he finally won the breed champion title at Ingliston 19 years later, in 2000

The Cladich Highland cattle prefix features in volume one of the Highland Cattle Society Herd Book of 1885, and two heifers from the fold will be heading to the Royal Highland Show

Self-employed stockwoman Katie Aiken, 19, has already won some of the livestock industry’s top young handler titles while building her own flock and travelling the UK for lambing and show work