First Minister John Swinney said the second FFIS round has been shaped by feedback from farmers and crofters (Image: Scottish Government) The scheme will fund projects including i ...

Scotland’s leading environmental organisations are urging the Scottish Government to commit to doubling the country’s organic farmland over the next parliamentary term, arguing that greater uptake ...

But new figures released under Freedom of Information reveal that the digital infrastructure behind those services has required spending of more than £200 million over the past decade, raising ...

Mobile sawmills, a wildfire‑fighting aeroplane and a timber‑extracting elephant: not your typical line‑up, but they all shared the spotlight at the first APF Show. It was 1976 and the year of ...

More of the same - a steady decline in support -  will be the order of the day.  There will be no radical shift to view food security as ...

Texel sheep enjoys a beautiful summer morning in Orkney captured in stunning photo.

Virtual fencing has significantly reduced these problems. Virtual fencing works by fitting each animal with a neck collar with its own identity number. As the animal moves towards ...

Agronomy business ProCam has appointed Andrew Cromie as its new head of Crop Nutrition, strengthening the company's technical team across the UK.

Major sheep sales, breeding movements and access to abattoirs could all be disrupted if tighter European livestock transport rules are adopted in the UK without amendment, the National Sheep ...

First presented more than 60 years ago, the George Hedley Memorial Award is regarded as one of the highest honours in the UK sheep sector. Often described as a lifetime achievement award, it ...

A new all-electric quad bike designed and built in the UK has been launched. The Volt Quads VQ is being touted as a quieter, ...

Tonka, Bute, Tip and Nell enjoy the damper weather on Byreclough in the Lammermuirs, captured in a great photo by Dave ...