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Connon calls for more money for agriculture
Week: 45 | 5th November 2026 | Farming and EnvironmentNFU Scotland is calling on the Scottish Government to increase annual agricultural support from approximately £677 million to…
Farmer Ben brings out the ‘Best’ in family farms
Week: 44 | 29th October 2026 | Farming and Environment NewsDalscone Farm wins ‘Content Creator of the Year’ A Dumfries family farm has become famous world-wide thanks to…
Review looks at easing wind farm restrictions around Eskdalemuir
Week: 44 | 29th October 2026 | Farming and Environment Lifestyle NewsAn independent review has been commissioned into ways of reducing the ground vibration reaching the Eskdalemuir seismic array,…
Burnfoot Wool receives some unexpected visitors
Week: 43 | 22nd October 2026 | Arts & Entertainment Farming and Environment NewsAs business expands, 22 Canadians pay a visit to the Ewes Valley A chance encounter at the recent Glasgow…
Langholm ends show season with a fine finale
Week: 40 | 1st October 2026 | Community E&L Life Farming and Environment Lifestyle NewsThe 174th Langholm Show By Mairi Telford Jammeh The 2026 Langholm Agricultural Show was well supported by local…
A rare visitor to our waters
Week: 39 | 24th September 2026 | Farming and EnvironmentA little egret was spotted on the Esk at Langholm at the weekend. Although these birds have been…
Langholm Show - still time for entries
The Langholm Show this year is the 174th one ever…
The show must go on...and it did!
Far from the pavilions of power…real life goes on By…
Langholm Show, too, takes the responsible approach
With Langholm Show just three weeks away, the organisers have…
Great turnout for Canonbie Show
By Janice Sheppard The sun was shining for Canonbie’s annual…
Double disease blow for D&G farmers
Temporary control zone in place covering the region By Gilly…
Death of much-loved brother leads to huge fund-raising effort
Sister’s goal is to raise awareness of mental‐health issues The…
“Stop talking and start delivering” for farmers
NFU Scotland used the platform of the Royal Highland Show…
Public concern over Buccleuch’s Hall Burn solar farm plans
Impact on property values, noise pollution and traffic are the…
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
Week: 17 | 23rd April 2026 | Farming and EnvironmentNew figures on incidents of livestock worrying in Scotland are carrying a mixed message according to experts. The…
ScotSheep: Next Generation Shepherds
Week: 14 | 2nd April 2026 | Farming and EnvironmentCash prizes are up for grabs for Scotland’s superstar shepherds of the future at this year’s NSA Scotsheep…
Warblaw and the Natural Environment March 2026
Week: 11 | 12th March 2026 | Farming and EnvironmentSave Warblaw Action Group updates us on the current situation Scottish Forestry has informed Save Warblaw Action Group…
"It was like living in hell"
Week: 10 | 5th March 2026 | Farming and Environment NewsMairi Telford Jammeh revisits dark times of the Foot & Mouth epidemic 25 years ago rumours of a…
Big Farmland Bird Count 2026
Week: 09 | 26th February 2026 | Farming and Environment NewsIf you intended to take part in this year’s Big Farmland Bird Count but just didn’t manage to…
Farming and forestry’s prospects in the Southern Uplands in 2026
Week: 08 | 19th February 2026 | Farming and Environment NewsThis month, we introduce a guest columnist who has spent many years as a journalist before retiring to…
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.
Letters have been sent to all Copshaw households informing them…
Turnip growers seek to revive the lowly neep
“Neeps Rising: Scotland’s rooted revolution!” It used to be the…
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
Week: 38 | 18th September 2025 | Farming and Environment Newcastleton NewsBoard gives sympathetic hearing after 13,000 signatures The Wild Goat Conservation Trust has thanked its many supporters after…
Westerkirk Horticultural Society: A fine affair!
Week: 37 | 11th September 2025 | Arts and Entertainment Farming and Environment NewsIn this chaotic world, full of nonsense, a day at the Benty Show is like a breath of…
Our caprine friends are notoriously hard to count
Week: 37 | 11th September 2025 | Farming and Environment Lifestyle Newcastleton NewsThere could be as many as 900 goats roaming the local moorland There has been a great deal…
Holm Show 2025
Week: 36 | 4th September 2025 | Canonbie Farming and Environment Newcastleton NewsCopshaw’s big day expertly captured by the Camera Club Words By Gilly Fraser Photos by Barry Jarvis &…
Certain Bluetongue controls to be relaxed
Week: 35 | 28th August 2025 | Farming and Environment NewsThe Scottish Government has announced it’s to relax certain controls on livestock susceptible to bluetongue moving from the…
Kelso Ram Sales looking healthy despite virus
Week: 34 | 21st August 2025 | Farming and EnvironmentExtra rams forward despite extra red tape due to Bluetongue Harrison & Hetherington says things are looking good…
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
Industry gets major thumbs up from consumers Scottish beef, lamb…
Mary-Jane’s Agricultural Adviser of the Year Award
Honouring the trailblazing women involved in farming Pioneering work in…
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…
