Scotland

Beaver numbers in Scotland have more than doubled in the last three years to around 1,000 animals, according to a NatureScot survey published this week.

A push to plant trees across Scotland has driven marginal grazing land prices up, with a knock-on effect on better land.

Pigs have been part of the business mix at Slighhouses since the 1950s where recently a drive to improve enterprise performance has seen a new pig breed introduced and fresh approach to marketing taken.

90% of wheat stocks and 60% if the malting barley stocks were nowhere to be found following the collapse with many farmers owed six figure sums

It appears stores held ‘significantly less grain than expected’ after the grain merchant’s collapse

The charity said Sheila Erkine’s gift would give the charity financial security for a number of years and enable them to support more people

An outbreak of American Foulbrood (AFB) has been found in a single hive in an apiary in the Stanley area of Perthshire.

Scotland’s farmers and crofters have a new Cabinet Secretary to deal with following Wednesday’s cabinet reshuffle.

The company is one of the leading suppliers of grain and cereals to the whisky and distilling industries

Scottish farmers could find themselves at the heart of a land use battle over the coming years, with calls for the new Government to make Scotland the world’s first ‘rewilding nation’ gathering pace.