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There has been a 23.7% decrease in Scottish milking herds over the last decade, according to the Scottish Dairy Cattle Association

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on the Chancellor's remarks that the Fiscal Rules set out in the Autumn Budget are 'non-negotiable and will be met', NFU Council members have voted in favour of staging a further protest in the capital on February 25, as part of a drive to halt the family farm tax, and NFU Cymru has called on Natural Resources Wales to reverse its decision to stop issuing new permits that allow farmers to dispose of waste sheep dip to land.

NFU Scotland is calling on all farming and crofting members to complete its 2025 Intentions Survey with a message of ‘help us help you’

Industry leaders from across agriculture shared their hopes for the sector in 2025, and the challenges that lie ahead over the next 12 months

Application deadline is December 31 2024

"I do not think large farmers should be exempt from Inheritance Tax because no-one else is"

"This Budget fails to deliver the funds for farmers and the whole of rural Scotland"

In a letter to Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands Mairi Gougeon, NFUS president Martin Kennedy highlighted that NatureScot's established position in favour of a Galloway National Park calls into question its ability to conduct a public consultation in an ‘impartial manner'

NFUS president Martin Kennedy used his final conference speech to call for farmers and crofters to receive 'proper credit'