Farm Business

This year's annual SAMW conference heard how producers needed more confidence to invest in order for the sector to grow further

Attendees at the SAMW annual conference heard how the Government is developing its food cap proposal by asking producers to share their concerns

Cabinet Secretary Gillian Martin has suggested difficult decisions might have to be made if the transport sector delivers lower emissions reductions than expected

NFU fringe event hears how MPs and councillors could back farmers by removing barriers to investment at both local and national level

There are suggestions there will be further changes to the policy on October 28

Latest cattle population figures show a modest but positive improvement in Scotland’s prime cattle supplies

Farming Minister Stephen Morgan asked the NPA to develop a detailed support package in July

The number of prime sheep and lambs slaughtered for meat dropped in August

The group has called on the UK Government to follow the EU and ban Brazilian imports of meat and poultry

Esther Woolford, Clarke Willmott, says the dispute between Pippa Middleton, her husband James Matthews and the West Berkshire Ramblers had arisen over so-called prescriptive rights of way