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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’
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
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!
Holm Show schedules will be in local shops and on…
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
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
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…
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
Week: 02 | 9th January 2025 | Farming and Environment NewsCEO Hamish Clegg brings us up to speed with the development The E&L have been asked a number…
Holyrood rally calls for investment in agriculture
Week: 49 | 5th December 2024 | Farming and EnvironmentNFUS leads farmers and crofters in Edinburgh protest Hundreds of farmers, crofters and smallholders gathered at Holyrood last…
Would you pay £272 for a Flat White Coffee?
Week: 48 | 28th November 2024 | Farming and EnvironmentAn innovative farmer from Mossgiel explains why Well, you might if the price also included 34 shares in…
The human cost of ‘progress’
Week: 46 | 14th November 2024 | Farming and Environment Gilly Fraser NewcastletonGilly Fraser meets a couple whose dream of a perfectretirement in the Newcastleton hills has turned into a…
Barony’s Dairy Nexus is a Borderlands first
Week: 45 | 7th November 2024 | Farming and EnvironmentThe multi-million-pound Dairy Nexus project at the Barony campus will be officially opened this month.The scheme has been…
Kennedy bows out of NFUS with fiery speech
Week: 44 | 31st October 2024 | Farming and EnvironmentHard-hitting rhetoric at President’s last conference NFU Scotland Chief Martin Kennedy delivered a hard-hitting final Autumn conference speech…
Vital issues addressed at this year’s AgriExpo
This year’s Borderway Agri Expo features two seminars focusing on…
Support schemes need to be fit for purpose
Organisation says existing help should be extended and built upon…
Milk production shock
Stranraer-based processing company drops 12 farms Ten milk producers in…
All kinds of everything at the 172nd Langholm Show
MAIRI TELFORD JAMMEH reports on Langholm’s Rural Highlight in an 8-Page Supplement…
Nearly 1,000 objections to Warblaw Woodlands
Langholm locals object to commercial forestry on their doorstep An…
Lorraine is BFA awards finalist
Westerkirk farmer in the running for Sheep Farmer of the…
A rare glimpse of summer for the good people of the Benty
With the number of supporters and entries, the Benty Show…
Special Day, special guests at the Holm Show
If you want good weather for your event – try…
Fingers crossed for a fine day for the 127th Holm Show
Marquees are up, entries are made and there’s no rain…
Residents encouraged to react to Warblaw plans
If you are against the blanket of trees proposedfor our…
Letters to the Editor
More Warblaw worries With reference to Mark Hallam’s letter of…
