by Andrew Williamson | Dec 11, 2024 | Press Releases
Annie Kenyon of Annie Kenyon Architects Ltd has received the ‘Doddie Champion’ Award at the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation Anniversary Dinner, which took place last Thursday 28 November. Annie has been recognised for her boundless efforts in raising money to find a cure...
by Andrew Williamson | Dec 10, 2024 | Press Releases
Scotland’s smallest herds with fewer than 30 cows, which make up almost half (49%) of all beef holdings and 10.3% of total breeding dams, could see potential funding reductions of £241,240, the loss of one and a half livestock marts and a large abattoir. This is the...
by Andrew Williamson | Dec 6, 2024 | Press Releases
Joining Farmlay as a contract producer has helped a young Scottish farmer transform a modest acreage into a profitable concern. Like generations of farmers’ sons before him, Ross Learmonth was determined to “stand on my own two feet” and attempt to make his own living...
by Andrew Williamson | Dec 5, 2024 | Press Releases
Six pioneering voices to present at OFC25 on transformative ideas in food, farming, and sustainability The Oxford Farming Conference (OFC), supported by McCain Foods (GB) Ltd., is thrilled to announce the six trailblazers selected for its inaugural Inspiring...
by Andrew Williamson | Dec 4, 2024 | Press Releases
The recent Budget announcements sent shockwaves through many rural businesses across the UK, and now data from Knight Frank shows that the drastic reduction of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) will have the biggest impact on Less Favoured Area (LFA) farmers. Defra will...