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Langholm Show, too, takes the responsible approach
Week: 36 | 3rd September 2026 | Community Farming and EnvironmentWith Langholm Show just three weeks away, the organisers have taken the difficult decision to cancel the Sheep…
Great turnout for Canonbie Show
Week: 35 | 27th August 2026 | Arts and Entertainment Canonbie Farming and Environment NewsBy Janice Sheppard The sun was shining for Canonbie’s annual flower show, vintage rally, craft fayre and family…
Double disease blow for D&G farmers
Week: 35 | 27th August 2026 | Farming and Environment NewsTemporary control zone in place covering the region By Gilly Fraser Livestock farmers in the south of Scotland…
Death of much-loved brother leads to huge fund-raising effort
Week: 32 | 6th August 2026 | Farming and Environment NewcastletonSister’s goal is to raise awareness of mental‐health issues The sister of a young Cumbrian farmer who took…
“Stop talking and start delivering” for farmers
Week: 27 | 2nd July 2026 | Farming and EnvironmentNFU Scotland used the platform of the Royal Highland Show to call on the Scottish Government to stop…
Public concern over Buccleuch’s Hall Burn solar farm plans
Week: 26 | 25th June 2026 | Canonbie Farming and Environment NewsImpact on property values, noise pollution and traffic are the main worries Buccleuch held exhibitions last week in…
If at first you don't succeed...
Resilient campaigners seek second petition The first bid to get…
Drones to help peatlands
Nearly 30,000 football pitches worth of peatland was restored in…
Sheep fleece market is showing signs of growth
After years of sheep fleece prices hitting rock bottom, the…
D&G Farm worker takes on Doddie challenge
A Dumfriesshire farm worker and his partner are to embark…
Sheep-worrying figures down but still too high
New figures on incidents of livestock worrying in Scotland are…
ScotSheep: Next Generation Shepherds
Cash prizes are up for grabs for Scotland’s superstar shepherds…
Warblaw and the Natural Environment March 2026
Save Warblaw Action Group updates us on the current situation…
"It was like living in hell"
Mairi Telford Jammeh revisits dark times of the Foot &…
Big Farmland Bird Count 2026
If you intended to take part in this year’s Big…
Farming and forestry’s prospects in the Southern Uplands in 2026
This month, we introduce a guest columnist who has spent…
Blackburn and Hartsgarth:
Gilly Fraser finds out what 2026 has in storefor Oxygen…
Wee, sleekit, cowrin, 'Tarras' beastie
The hunt is on for one of Britain’s smallest creatures…
Relief as UK Government performs another U-turn
Week: 04 | 22nd January 2026 | Farming and EnvironmentLeaders meet to discuss changed Inheritance Tax Relief The UK Government’s decision to raise the threshold for Agricultural…
Biggest wildlife petition presented to Scottish Parliament
Week: 02 | 8th January 2026 | Farming and Environment Newcastleton22,000 signature document is with Scotland’s decision-makers The petition going before the Scottish Parliament in a bid to…
Wind farm worries for distinctive goats
Week: 49 | 4th December 2025 | Farming and Environment NewcastletonOxygen Conservation’s plans at odds with Trust Conservationists have hit out at plans for a 130MW windfarm on…
SWAG concerned report will favour developers
Week: 48 | 27th November 2025 | Farming and Environment NewsAction Group gives us an update on the state of the hill: but is still waiting for environmental…
Oxygen Conservation have wind farm ideas.
Week: 46 | 13th November 2025 | Farming and Environment NewsLetters have been sent to all Copshaw households informing them of proposals for a new windfarm development. The…
Turnip growers seek to revive the lowly neep
Week: 44 | 30th October 2025 | Farming and Environment Nostalgia“Neeps Rising: Scotland’s rooted revolution!” It used to be the most sought-after vegetable at this time of year…
St Kilda’s sheep ‘protected’; Langholm Moor goats ‘feral’
Scottish Government accused of “muddled thinking” The Scottish Government has…
Fire strategy urgently needed
Scotland needs a country-wide Integrated Fire Management Strategy to protect…
Balance of nature cited as need for goat cull announced
Goat population of 800-900 has reached a concerning level The…
SRUC’s £21m project has a new Director
Pauline has supported innovative projects from concept to delivery The…
Goat Petition reaches Scottish Parliament
Board gives sympathetic hearing after 13,000 signatures The Wild Goat…
Westerkirk Horticultural Society: A fine affair!
In this chaotic world, full of nonsense, a day at…
Our caprine friends are notoriously hard to count
There could be as many as 900 goats roaming the…
Holm Show 2025
Copshaw’s big day expertly captured by the Camera Club Words…
Certain Bluetongue controls to be relaxed
The Scottish Government has announced it’s to relax certain controls…
Kelso Ram Sales looking healthy despite virus
Extra rams forward despite extra red tape due to Bluetongue…
Double the wild deer in Scotland since 1990
The number of wild deer in Scotland has doubled since…
Scottish Woodlands hear Warblaw concerns
Organisations and residents voice issues at recent Environmental Impact Meeting…
Only 58 days to prepare for the Holm Show 2025!
Week: 27 | 3rd July 2025 | Farming and Environment NewcastletonHolm Show schedules will be in local shops and on the event’s revamped website next week – so…
Huge message sent to Scotland’s decision-makers
Week: 26 | 26th June 2025 | Farming and Environment NewsCampaigners are pressing for goats to receive fully-protected status Campaigners fighting to save wild goats on Langholm Moor…
Suckler cow numbers are in decline UK-wide
Week: 24 | 12th June 2025 | Farming and EnvironmentSoaring beef production disguises the problem Sucklers cows are crucial to the UK livestock industry yet they’re sliding…
Red tape to be cut for Scottish exports
Week: 22 | 29th May 2025 | Farming and EnvironmentAgreement reached between UK and EU Scotland’s farming leaders have welcomed the agreement reached in principle between the UK…
90% would prefer to buy Scottish meat over imports
Week: 21 | 22nd May 2025 | Farming and EnvironmentIndustry gets major thumbs up from consumers Scottish beef, lamb and pork have been given a major thumbs-up…
Mary-Jane’s Agricultural Adviser of the Year Award
Week: 20 | 15th May 2025 | Farming and EnvironmentHonouring the trailblazing women involved in farming Pioneering work in helping to establish a Scotland-wide network of women…
Goat petition reaches MPs
4,000 anti-cull signatures handed over Conservative politicians John Lamont MP…
Heilan’ Coos and Fell Ponies join the Tarras Valley family
The cows and ponies will play their part in restoring…
Scottish Woodlands plan ' voluntary' Environmental Impact Assessment for Warblaw
Scottish Woodlands, which has been developing the woodland creation design…
NFUS calls for UK to stand up for agriculture
We need to be tough in negotiations with the USA…
Confirmation received that cull has already begun
Gilly Fraser delves further into the feral goat debacle Oxygen…
Below average rainfall leads to SEPA warnings
Farmers should take steps to ensure their summer water supply…
Greenhouse gasses high from drained peatlands
A major new initiative is underway to tackle greenhouse gas…
NFUS retiterates its opposition to National Park in Galloway
NFU Scotland has once again made clear its opposition to…
THEY'RE GOING TO CULL THE GOATS!
In what will be a hugely unpopular decision, Oxygen Conservation…
Virus on D&G farmtook 90 of 150 lambs
Farmers are urged to report Schmallenberg (SBV) cases NFU Mutual…
Concern over decline in dairy herd numbers
NFU Scotland say they’re concerned by figures just released which…
