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Showing Charolais
Week: 24 | 18th June 2022 | Farming and Environment NewsBy Gilly Fraser “The Royal Highland Show is special for its incredible atmosphere, but also for the quality…
Delay to EU import checks ‘utter madness’
Week: 18 | 6th May 2022 | Farming and EnvironmentFarming
Plan for a Survival scenario
Week: 12 | 25th March 2022 | Farming and EnvironmentSanquhar farmer Jim Walker says the global impact of the war in the Ukraine means farmers must plan…
A Texel for Ukraine
Week: 11 | 18th March 2022 | Farming and EnvironmentA Texel ewe put up for auction to raise funds for the Ukraine has so far pulled in…
Jim's eye view
Week: 07 | 18th February 2022 | Farming and EnvironmentAt the time of writing this I am still in disbelief that we were yet again defeated by…
Poultry keepers must be vigilant
Week: 45 | 12th November 2021 | Farming and EnvironmentFarming
Border controls deal a further blow
SCOTTISH farming has been dealt a blow as a result…
Roadmap to future
THE farmer’s union NFU Scotland have welcomed the announcement that…
Celebrating farming
TWO farms in the Borders received a visit from the…
Fatigue in farming can injure or kill
ILINCA Tone, a PhD psychology student at Aberdeen University studying…
Rotten meat costs £2k to clear away
NFU Scotland and Scottish Land & Estates (SLE) are jointly…
Scottish producers at risk from farm bill
Government denies claims that cheap imports will flood into UK
Kitchen is dumped and set on fire
A COMPLETE kitchen has been dumped and set on fire…
Farmers count on their resident birds
SIXTY farmers in Scotland recorded 81 species on 81,362 acres…
Be responsible on walks on farmland
AN APPEAL has been issued to the public, particularly dog…
Beef sector could be more efficient
THERE is ‘considerable opportunity’ to improve the efficiency of the…
More stock is sold, average prices fall
LIVESTOCK sold through Scotland’s auction marts fetched £482.m last year,…
Farms need better pollinator practice
Despite significant investment in EFAs, the study found they were…
Farmers of Eskdale have a ball
Week: 08 | 20th February 2020 | Arts and Entertainment Farming and EnvironmentTHE annual Eskdale farmers’ dance was held in the school sports hall earlier this month. The photo shows…
Neil is auctioneers’ group champion
Week: 04 | 23rd January 2020 | Farming and EnvironmentTHE Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland (IAAS) has appointed an executive director to intensify its fight…
Breeding sheep to adapt to weather
Week: 47 | 21st November 2019 | Farming and EnvironmentRESEARCH looking at ways of breeding sheep and goats to cope with climate change has found significant variations…
Glaury but glorious: Weather plays ball for the Langholm show but wellies are needed
Week: 40 | 3rd October 2019 | Farming and Environment NewsTHE Becks Farm in Langholm had a triumphant day at last Saturday’s agricultural show, scooping three of the…
Just champion for Campbell
Week: 40 | 3rd October 2019 | Farming and Environment NewsONE young lad and his sheep took the rigours of the show ring in their stride at Langholm…
Langholm can thrive: Community buy-out of precious moorland has exciting potential
Week: 40 | 3rd October 2019 | Farming and Environment NewsA VISIT to two successful community buy-outs in the Western Isles has shown how exciting a prospect such…
MP impressed by campus expansion
A MULTI-MILLION-pound investment package is set to help the Barony…
Bumper crop at Benty: Best show day in years
ONE of the best show days in years produced a…
Aaron’s sheep wins
THE finest display of rural life descended on the Holm…
It’s a trial being a sheepdog: 66 entries keeps the Penton event running non-stop
COMPETITORS and spectators gathered for the annual Penton Discussion Group…
