by Andrew Williamson | Jun 4, 2024 | Press Releases
When Geoff Sansome takes to the stage as chair of the 2025 Oxford Farming Conference it will be 31 years since he first attended the event. He clearly remembers first setting foot into the hallowed halls of the famous university buildings; it was 1994 and he was...
by Andrew Williamson | Jun 3, 2024 | Press Releases
There’s a focus on hill farming and contending with the changing farming climate at the summer open meeting of the South Ayrshire Monitor Farm. Bookings are now open for the meeting at Blair Farm, Crosshill, Maybole, on Wednesday 26 June at 3pm, when Monitor Farmers...
by Andrew Williamson | Jun 1, 2024 | JCM News
Every other day, or so, when I’m out walking my dog, I meet a farmer neighbour on the road. Almost always, they stop, turn off their engines, and ‘hae a news’. Mostly it’s about the weather, farming, what I know, where I’ve been and what I think about beef, barley or...
by Andrew Williamson | May 30, 2024 | Press Releases
Farming and rural industries are onto a winner following the announcement that the Scottish Agriculture Awards are to make a return to the stage this year. Last year’s inaugural awards event, organised in a collaboration between AgriScot, the Royal Highland...
by Andrew Williamson | May 28, 2024 | Press Releases
Being active is one of the Five Steps to Wellbeing that form the cornerstones of Farmstrong Scotland. We meet a dairy industry stalwart who has lifted her way to a glass (of milk, of course) half full outlook on life… Tracey Roan is in many ways a modern...