Legislation

Many farmers have welcomed the straightforward nature of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) but criticised the limited information given beyond the first payment

The game shooting community is being asked to prioritise high levels of biosecurity measures and ensure there is critical defence set up against the disease

Properties tied under agricultural occupancy are restricted to who they can have living there

Discussions are expected to happen in autumn 2023

Speaking to farmers, Ministers, cross party MPs and industry figures for 'Back British Farming Day', Therese Coffey confirmed that the science is clear and farmers need glyphosate

In a letter written to the Environment Minister, Gillian Martin MSP, Scottish Land and Estates urged the Scottish Government to rethink current plans to licence grouse shooting

It is part of Red Tractor's commitment to ‘minimise audit duplication and burden' for farmers

Landowners with public footpaths on their land need to be aware of the requirements, with campaign groups taking legal action to ensure public access.

Farmers are encouraged to get involved in the campaign and take a five minute pause from the task they are doing and think about the health and safety around it

NFU Scotland have expressed concerns that policy has ‘swung too far the other way' and there was no longer a ‘balanced approach' to farming committed to meeting both food security and environmental needs