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Emma Gray's Farming Life: "A farm sale can make for mixed feelings"

Blogs

Emma Gray's Farming Life: "A farm sale can make for mixed feelings"

In a blog for Íæż½ã½ã, shepherdess and top sheepdog triallist Emma Gray talks about the generational pull of farming

clock 15 January 2025 • 3 min read
One of four known lynx wildcats dies after being 'abandoned' in Cairngorms National Park

Rural crime

One of four known lynx wildcats dies after being 'abandoned' in Cairngorms National Park

The four illegally released lynx wildcats were captured by trained animal officers on Friday (January 10)

clock 13 January 2025 • 4 min read
Police confirm further 'illegal' lynx sightings in Scotland's Cairngorms National Park

Rural crime

Police confirm further 'illegal' lynx sightings in Scotland's Cairngorms National Park

Police Scotland has received reports of four lynx which have been released into the wild illegally

clock 10 January 2025 • 5 min read
Call for Scottish farmers and crofters to complete business intention survey

Farm Business

Call for Scottish farmers and crofters to complete business intention survey

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

clock 10 January 2025 • 2 min read
Lynx captured after illegal release in the Cairngorms

Politics

Lynx captured after illegal release in the Cairngorms

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland has confirmed the Lynx have been humanely caught

clock 09 January 2025 • 2 min read
John Swinney - Scotland's First Minister on the Scottish Budget: "If we are going to recover and renew as a nation, then we have to come together as a nation"

Politics

John Swinney - Scotland's First Minister on the Scottish Budget: "If we are going to recover and renew as a nation, then we have to come together as a nation"

The Scottish First Minister has outlined why the SNP's Budget should be passed next month by MSPs

clock 07 January 2025 • 15 min read
Livestock farmers in Less Favoured Area could see profits 'cut in half' with new delinked payments

Farm Business

Livestock farmers in Less Favoured Area could see profits 'cut in half' with new delinked payments

"LFA livestock farms are set to be harder hit due to their historically higher proportion of income from BPS in comparison to other farm types, resulting in them now losing 45% of their bottom-line profit with the new subsidy reduction plans"

clock 07 January 2025 • 4 min read
Tim Eagle - Shadow Rural Affairs Secretary: "Our farmers and crofters keep the supermarket shelves filled, they act as custodians of our beautiful countryside, and are the backbone of our rural communities"

Politics

Tim Eagle - Shadow Rural Affairs Secretary: "Our farmers and crofters keep the supermarket shelves filled, they act as custodians of our beautiful countryside, and are the backbone of our rural communities"

A New Year's message to farmers and crofters from Scotland's Shadow Rural Affairs Secretary Tim Eagle

clock 06 January 2025 • 1 min read
What will the New Year bring? Farming industry leaders set out hopes for 2025

Farm Business

What will the New Year bring? Farming industry leaders set out hopes for 2025

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

clock 01 January 2025 • 6 min read
Íæż½ã½ã have 'momentum and hunger' on their side to see the family farm tax overturned

Farm Business

Íæż½ã½ã have 'momentum and hunger' on their side to see the family farm tax overturned

"I have never seen such a sense of feeling from the farming community in my lifetime on an issue"

clock 31 December 2024 • 3 min read