Scotland

An unreliable supply of shipping containers in Scotland has allowed the Dutch to corner a lucrative seed potato market in North Africa.

Community is often at the heart of farming life, but for few aspects is this as important as it is for the huge network of agricultural shows.

The Prime Minister highlighted the potential to grow Scotch whisky exports in India

Agriscot, due to be held on February 9 at Ingliston has become the latest casualty of the surge in Covid infections.

It may be a year since the UK left the European Union but there are still many issues to be resolved before the new arrangement can be considered in any way friction free. 

Next year’s Royal Highland Show, due to be held from June 23 to 26, will mark the 200th anniversary of the first event in 1822.

NFU Mutual has provided Police Scotland with a 4x4 vehicle to help tackle crime in the countryside.

The Scottish Government has rejected calls for farmers to receive compensation where beaver damage is causing a financial loss.

Future farm support could be based around knowledge exchange rather than meeting specific targets, animal scientists at disease research centre Moredun have said.

Farmers and the Scottish Government must take positive action to avoid what NFU Scotland president Martin Kennedy described as the ’car crash’ of England’s Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme.