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A grant from the Garfield West Foundation has been awarded to the Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust (NFST) to fund a business and mental resilience programme.

Industry leaders remain optimistic about a positive trade future post-Brexit following a year of strong livestock prices.

Grain and oilseed markets are watching Brazilian weather patterns

The NFU have said the decision will bring short term certainty for organic producers

Horticulture margins were finding themselves squeezed between retailers wanting lower prices and employees needing higher wages

British potato production is expected to be up 2.8 per cent on last year despite growers battling an exceptionally wet harvest period this year.

A grassroots evaluation on flock performance and disease alongside updates around what responsible medicine use should look like going forward were among discussions at the Sheep Health and Welfare Group (SHAWG) conference, h

It was a different format this year for the LiveScot event held at Lanark market with no spectators and animals judged in the pens, but there was a good turnout of livestock and strong demand from buyers.

UK ministers have been urged to negotiate a seven-year derogation from EU scrapie rules to allow the trade in breeding sheep between Great Britain (GB) and Northern Ireland (NI) to continue.

Sussex Police have arrested a man who fell ’neck-deep’ into a slurry pit during a police chase.