The organisation, which offers peer-to-peer stories and recommendations, supported by experts and scientific knowledge, was started in 2022 following the Doug Avery Tour, which saw thousands of farmers and crofters attend events across Scotland to hear a first-person...
Turkey may have been replaced by beef or a nut roast, sprouts by peas, but the one stalwart of the Christmas dinner is the potato according to a new survey*. More than two-thirds of Britons will not sacrifice the roast potato this Christmas and a third will be eating...
The CIPC Residues Monitoring Group (CRMG), a cross-industry body, has submitted its second-year draft report with the Health and Safety Executive's Chemical Regulation Division (CRD). The report provides new evidence on chlorpropham (CIPC) residues in potatoes stored...
The Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) has appointed three new Directors, who will join the board, on a three-year term. Vicky Robinson, Head of Sustainability at the Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC), Dan Smith, Farm Manager and Consultant, and Corrina...
Christine Cameron farms 6,000 acres of hill ground near Killin in the Highlands along with her husband Euan. With 1,500 Blackface sheep and a small herd of Lowline Angus cattle, managing menopause alongside farm life hasn’t always been easy, but she’s learned to adapt...
Inclusive Farm Scotland has welcomed the first students to its 22-acre working farm at Tarland on Royal Deeside as the charity's purpose-built facilities near completion. Through significant fundraising efforts, what was ley ground and old stone buildings has been...
This year has reminded us just how unpredictable potato growing can be. We got off to a great start with early planting and good soil conditions, but then the rain more or less stopped. Apart from the odd shower, it stayed dry right through to harvest. Only about 30%...
Farmlay welcomed North East MSPs and councillors to Cockmuir Farm outside Strichen last Friday 21st November as part of Quality Meat Scotland’s (QMS) ‘Meating Our Potential’ campaign, which encourages Scotland’s beef farmers to add just two more cows to their herd...
The Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) has confirmed the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Emma Reynolds MP, will deliver the annual political keynote address before taking questions from the audience. Hosted in Oxford and online from 7th to...
ABP UK has launched a new Farm Ambassador Programme, bringing together a group of progressive beef and sheep farmers from within its supply base to help shape the company’s sustainability and supply chain strategy, and to act as advocates for the British red meat...