Scotland

The charity was offering visitors to last week's Royal Highland Show blood pressure checks while raising awareness of prostate cancer

The Farmers Guardian team takes a look at the key conversations at this year's events

Efra Committee chair Alistair Carmichael raised concerns about price caps and warm words at the Royal Highland Show and said the announcement of price caps on essential items in supermarkets was causing 'a lot of anxiety'

NFU Scotland vice-president Robert Neill said the wages board is outdated and called on Scottish Government to scrap it within 12 months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

Research by Quality Meat Scotland found that consumers want supermarkets to prioritise stocking Scottish red meat over imported alternatives

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