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With spring work well underway the demand for spare parts for vital machinery is inevitably reaching a seasonal peak but there are signs that stocks are running low and costs are rising.

Just a few weeks ahead of workers arriving in the UK for the 2021 fruit and vegetable campaign the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme has come under blistering attack from a London-based human rights charity.

Five agriculture trainees have won awards at Lantra Scotland’s ALBAS (Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills) at a virtual ceremony.  

It is time for the UK Government to sort out the barriers which are hampering agri-food trade to Europe, according to NFU Scotland. 

Fergus Ewing, Scotland’s Rural Economy Secretary is reportedly at the centre of a row with at least one senior civil servant.

Amidst the unprecedented turmoil of the Scottish political scene, NFU Scotland has attempted to move the focus away from the current Holyrood battlefield on to the forthcoming parliamentary election on May 6.

A Scottish carrot grower is facing the loss of a 2,000-tonne business with Northern Ireland thanks to the effects of post-Brexit bureaucracy and increased haulage costs – the so-called non-tariff barriers to trade.

The 2021 Royal Highland Show will not go ahead in its traditional format but there will be live streaming of a limited programme of events.

Despite the challenges of the past year, or maybe because of them, there has been a notable surge in demand for trainees to work in the food sector.

Auctioneer John Copland has plied his trade on the various islands of Orkney for half a century where, as he tells Ewan Pate, there have been plenty of highlights to looking after such an extensive territory.