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Taxpayers’ money will be wasted and environmental targets missed if the Government does not put farmers and food production at the heart of its post-Brexit policy, an industry expert has warned. 

Farming projects designed not only to boost nature, but also to attract private investment are set to benefit from grants of up to £100,000, it has been announced.

With the queen celebrating 70 years on the throne, Savills has taken a look back at seven decades of change in the agricultural industry.

For 70 years, Queen Elizabeth has led this country with dignity and pride and her reign has coincided with the utter transformation of agriculture and wider society.

MPs have backed farming union demands for a single authority to deal with the issue of fly tipping.

Supermarket chain Morrisons has launched a support programme for beef and lamb farmers to help them reach net zero by 2030.

Alyth and District Agricultural Show has been cancelled this summer due to the financial pressures of the Covid-19 years. 

A fresh row over farming powers is brewing between Westminster and Holyrood after the UK Government moved to approve gene editing.

Scotland’s Chief Veterinary Officer Sheila Voas has written to all pig keepers imploring them to take every step to keep African Swine Fever out of the country

Industry chiefs have paid their respect to Her Majesty The Queen for her life-long appreciation and support for British agriculture ahead of this weekend’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.