Producers urged to take the roads less travelled
The ANM Group has launched a major campaign in Angus and Perthshire to attract new livestock business for its Thainstone Mart at Inverurie.
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Trade buoyant at Lairg sale despite Brexit fears
Scotland’s sheep industry brushed aside dire predictions of post-Brexit annihilation yesterday and quietly got on with the business of selling and buying lambs at one of the country’s landmark sales.
‘Heartbreaking’ decision to cancel Kinross Show after torrential rain
Kinross Show has rarely been beaten by the weather in its 179-year history but last weekend, for the first time in living memory, torrential rain stopped the organisers in their tracks.
Potato sector problems under discussion at Invergowrie
Plant scientists have warned that unless the industry unites in its efforts to stop the spread of potato cyst nematode (CPN) there will be no Scottish potato sector left in 25 years’ time.
Invergowrie’s Potatoes in Practice puts focus on loss of diquat
As the potato industry comes to terms with the loss of diquat and the likelihood CIPC will follow, core chemicals and possible alternative solutions will be the focus at today’s Potatoes in Practice event at Balruddery Farm on the outskirts of Dundee.
Colossal Perthshire bull dwarfs the competition
One animal dwarfed all the competition in Perth Show’s livestock rings on the city’s South Inch, and went on to win the day’s supreme champion of champions honour.
Claim of ‘pie in sky’ over extra farming funds of up to £1bn
As much as an extra £1 billion of farm support would come to Scotland if the proposed formula for divvying up UK agriculture funds outlined by Westminster’s Scottish Affairs Committee was applied to current budgets.
UK Government should use Brexit to ‘rewrite rules of agricultural funding’ say MPs
The UK Government should use Brexit as an opportunity to “rewrite the rules of agricultural funding”, according to MPs.
Victory for farmer in lengthy legal battle over VAT recovery
Farmers across the country were said to have “dodged a bullet” last night after the UK’s highest court backed an Aberdeenshire producer in a £1 million tax case.
Fife focus for Luing cattle breeders outing
The image of Luing cattle is entwined with the challenging land of their Hebridean heritage, but breed enthusiasts visiting Fife next week will find evidence they are just as suited to the gentler climes of the East Neuk.