Scotland

NSA's Phil Stocker said the loss of another First Minister put the whole ministerial team at risk of upheaval and was ‘a huge blow to any kind of continuity'

The Scottish Government is to abandon its ‘world-leading’ goal to cut carbon emissions by 75 per cent by 2030

Balgownie and Balgownie Rentals had been placed into administration in March but has since been acquired by MacGregor Industrial Supplies

New entrants, Andrew and Suzanne Jardine have successfully converted a tenanted farm into a dairy unit

Scottish Land & Estates, the rural business organisation, has once again called for better ‘rural-proofing’ of policies in the wake of the debacle over a ban on wood-burning stoves in new homes

It follows a dramatic increase in values in recent years due to demand from commercial forestry and natural capital investors

Lucy Graham, 18, is a beef and sheep farmer from Biggar in South Lanarkshire.

NFU Scotland said, proposals from Scottish Government of a ban on the use of enriched cages to house laying hens for egg production would lead to retailers importing eggs from elsewhere with ‘no better or potentially worse welfare standards'

New project backs Defra's decarbonisation plans for agriculture and agroforestry

Samantha Bunting had attempted to find a lost cow before her quad bike had overturned