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“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...
Week: 25 | 18th June 2026 | Farming and Environment NewcastletonResilient campaigners seek second petition The first bid to get protected status for the wild goats on the…
Drones to help peatlands
Week: 24 | 11th June 2026 | Farming and EnvironmentNearly 30,000 football pitches worth of peatland was restored in 2025/26, beating the annual targets set for the…
Sheep fleece market is showing signs of growth
Week: 21 | 21st May 2026 | Farming and EnvironmentAfter years of sheep fleece prices hitting rock bottom, the market is showing significant signs of improvement.The National…
D&G Farm worker takes on Doddie challenge
Week: 20 | 14th May 2026 | Farming and EnvironmentA Dumfriesshire farm worker and his partner are to embark on one of the UK’s toughest long-distance hikes…
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
Leaders meet to discuss changed Inheritance Tax Relief The UK…
Biggest wildlife petition presented to Scottish Parliament
22,000 signature document is with Scotland’s decision-makers The petition going…
Wind farm worries for distinctive goats
Oxygen Conservation’s plans at odds with Trust Conservationists have hit…
SWAG concerned report will favour developers
Action Group gives us an update on the state of…
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’
Week: 43 | 23rd October 2025 | E&L Life Farming and Environment NewcastletonScottish Government accused of “muddled thinking” The Scottish Government has been accused of “muddled thinking” by the Newcastleton-based…
Fire strategy urgently needed
Week: 43 | 23rd October 2025 | Farming and EnvironmentScotland needs a country-wide Integrated Fire Management Strategy to protect rare species and habitats.That’s the call being made…
Balance of nature cited as need for goat cull announced
Week: 41 | 9th October 2025 | Community Farming and EnvironmentGoat population of 800-900 has reached a concerning level The Langholm Initiative announced on 22nd September their intention…
SRUC’s £21m project has a new Director
Week: 39 | 25th September 2025 | Farming and EnvironmentPauline has supported innovative projects from concept to delivery The Digital Dairy Chain has appointed a new Programme…
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!
Holm Show schedules will be in local shops and on…
Huge message sent to Scotland’s decision-makers
Campaigners are pressing for goats to receive fully-protected status Campaigners…
Suckler cow numbers are in decline UK-wide
Soaring beef production disguises the problem Sucklers cows are crucial…
Red tape to be cut for Scottish exports
Agreement reached between UK and EU Scotland’s farming leaders have welcomed…
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
Week: 16 | 17th April 2025 | Farming and Environment Gilly Fraser Lifestyle Newcastleton News4,000 anti-cull signatures handed over Conservative politicians John Lamont MP and Rachael Hamilton MSP have both promised to…
Heilan’ Coos and Fell Ponies join the Tarras Valley family
Week: 16 | 17th April 2025 | Farming and Environment NewsThe cows and ponies will play their part in restoring and improving habitats on the moor The matriarch…
Scottish Woodlands plan ' voluntary' Environmental Impact Assessment for Warblaw
Week: 15 | 10th April 2025 | Community Farming and Environment NewsScottish Woodlands, which has been developing the woodland creation design for Warblaw sent the Eskdale & Liddesdale Advertiser…
NFUS calls for UK to stand up for agriculture
Week: 14 | 3rd April 2025 | Farming and EnvironmentWe need to be tough in negotiations with the USA Scotland’s NFU has joined forces with the UK’s…
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…
Scottish Tories to hold vote on controversial mega-pylon plans
The Scottish Conservatives will this week hold a vote at…
Farming land remains in great demand
Farmland market edged up slightly during 2024 Demand for farmland…
Hilltop Leaf responds to questions about the project
CEO Hamish Clegg brings us up to speed with the…
Holyrood rally calls for investment in agriculture
NFUS leads farmers and crofters in Edinburgh protest Hundreds of…
