Scotland
Farm Business
Scotland’s globally accredited high food standards ‘should not be sacrificed’ in order to secure non-EU trade deals, the Scottish Government has warned.
03 March 2020
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1 min read
Livestock
Charolais bulls topped at 25,000gns twice, with a clearance rate of 79 per cent and averages up 571 on the year at 6,633.
19 February 2020
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2 min read
Livestock
A call of 18,000gns led the Simmental section which averaged 5,039, up 64 on the year, with a clearance rate of 67 per cent.
18 February 2020
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3 min read
Livestock
Salers sold to a high of 8,000gns, to an average of 4,935, up 1,406 on the year, and finished with a clearance rate of 73 per cent for the 16 bulls sold.
18 February 2020
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1 min read
Livestock
Dog attacks on farm animals have cost the UK agricultural sector £1.2 million, according to a report by NFU Mutual.
17 February 2020
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2 min read
Arable
Almost 50 years on from the closure of the Scottish sugar beet factory in Cupar, a Rural Innovation Support Service group is aiming to look into the feasibility and steps required to re-establish the crop in eastern Scotland.
13 February 2020
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1 min read
Livestock
Thousands of students at Edinburgh University have voted to reject proposals to ban beef in all student run catering outlets.
12 February 2020
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1 min read
Livestock
A low pathogenic Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak in Scotland has been confirmed in a Scottish free range laying flock.
11 February 2020
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1 min read
Livestock
Two men have been sentenced following the theft of livestock worth £30,000 from numerous farms in the north east of Scotland.
11 February 2020
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1 min read
Arable
On Monday night at our local Highland Perthshire NFU branch meeting we were treated to an entertaining and informative talk by our local butcher Rory McDonald of McDonald Bros, Pitlochry and Aberfeldy.
07 February 2020
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2 min read
