Scotland

Scottish correspondent Ewan Pate explains why, despite endless consultation with farmers, many fear future policy in Holyrood will be centred upon cutting livestock numbers.

Carbon audits across Scotland have increased by almost 50 per cent over the past six months compared to 2021, according to SAC Consulting.

Plans have been unveiled for a new International Potato Innovation Centre (IPIC) in Scotland.

NFU Scotland has been accused of becoming ‘emasculated’ by its proximity to Scottish Government.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has lifted the water abstraction suspensions in the River Eden catchment following ‘strong compliance’ from the farming community and recent rainfall.

Scottish farmers and crofters are to be rewarded with a £50 ‘participation fee’ for filling in a Government survey.

Rewilding and carbon sequestration projects are putting rural livelihoods, as well as farmland, at risk, industry bodies have warned. By Ewan Pate and Jane Thynne.

The Scottish Government has announced funding for its new Preparing for Sustainable Farming (PSF) grant scheme. Ewan Pate explains what farmers need to do to qualify.

The UK and EU were still at loggerheads over the export of seed potatoes to the continent

A war of words has broken out within the top ranks of those deciding future agricultural policy in Scotland.