Scotland

Food Integrity Assurance will now carry out inspections on behalf of four assurance schemes

Rural Scotland has been particularly hard hit by rising food and fuel prices, with MPs calling on Westminster to provide more support for families

September’s warm, dry start has given growers in Scotland a welcome reprieve in what many had feared could be a poor harvest.

Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers (SAMW) president Ian Bentley called on Government to take action

Growers have seen a bumper crop despite concerns over the wettest July in over a decade

A ringside round up of livestock results from this year's Dumfries Show

Growers in the EU are were reported to be desperate for Scottish seed

The number of Scottish dairy herds has fallen below 800

NFUS said 'huge profits' were recorded by fertiliser manufacturers in 2022 at a time when farmgate costs saw an 'unprecedented spike'

According to figures from Defra, the number of new bTB herd incidents in the last 12 months increased by 13 in Scotland, with the number of herds under restriction rising by 16