Kate is a fifth-generation farmer running the 750-hectare (1,853-acre) Hundleshope Farm on the Haystoun Estate, Peebles, where the family have been tenants for 150 years. She runs the hill unit with her husband Ed and their four children. She is also a vet and chair of Quality Meat Scotland
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The Scottish Fiscal Commission’s latest report on climate change and fiscal sustainability has been welcomed by the union
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A focus on science and changing consumer needs means that the Scottish potato industry is evolving to be fit for the future
Denbighshire County Council is to carry out a consultation exercise over plans to have a pair or family of the rodents placed in the planned Green Gates nature reserve on the outskirts of St Asaph
Chief executive says move will help safeguard ORC and its work advocating organic and low-input farming principles
Farmers and crofters accuse Gov of backtracking on its promise of a fair agricultural transition