Japan has threatened to stop importing New Zealand honey after it found shipments were contaminated with glyphosate.
Farmers’ margins remain squeezed despite pig prices rising
Although the Porter name in Scotland is synonymous with Angus Soft Fruits, few know that Willie Porter’s love of beef stock created a desire to improve the industry. Ewan Pate finds out more.
New Scottish Government proposals for reducing emissions from slurry and silage stores have been met with a severe rebuke from NFU Scotland, with the union branding them ‘blunt and ill thought out’.
Scottish farm businesses saw a 36 per cent drop in income in 2019/20, with farm chiefs saying the statistics highlighted the sector’s reliance on support.
The Scottish beef industry could soon benefit from the adoption of world leading traceability standards.
Birmingham based Amber Real Estate Investment (Amber REI) has formally started a planning process which, if successful, could deliver new poultry processing facilities at Coupar Angus, already the largest and only plant of
A well-known and active young farmer has died as the result of a tragic incident.
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.