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Colin Smyth: "The failure to deliver has left Dumfries and Galloway, once again, Scotland's forgotten region"

Politics

Colin Smyth: "The failure to deliver has left Dumfries and Galloway, once again, Scotland's forgotten region"

Labour MSP Colin Smyth has written exclusively for Íæż½ã½ã on Scottish Government's decision not to proceed with Galloway and Ayrshire as the location for Scotland's third National Park

clock 16 June 2025 • 4 min read
Farming Matters: "You can try to expel nature with a pitchfork, but it will always return"

Environment

Farming Matters: "You can try to expel nature with a pitchfork, but it will always return"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Chris Clark, first generation Yorkshire upland farmer and author

clock 16 June 2025 • 4 min read
In your field: Kate Rowell - "Huge respect to all those farming in remote areas and thank you for welcoming us soft mainlanders when we visit"

In your field

In your field: Kate Rowell - "Huge respect to all those farming in remote areas and thank you for welcoming us soft mainlanders when we visit"

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

clock 15 June 2025 • 3 min read
In your field: Amy Wilkinson - "I ran after the cattle through brambles and rhododendron bushes for hours"

In your field

In your field: Amy Wilkinson - "I ran after the cattle through brambles and rhododendron bushes for hours"

Amy works on her family’s tenanted farm at Halsall, Lancashire. Working mainly with her dad, Amy farms 285 hectares (704 acres) of arable crops and 550 beef cross cattle which are all reared through to finishing. You can follow her on Instagram @amygingewilkinson

clock 14 June 2025 • 4 min read
OPINION: Farm profitability – While the Government pats itself on the back, confidence plummets

Politics

OPINION: Farm profitability – While the Government pats itself on the back, confidence plummets

Head of news and business Alex Black discusses the latest total income from farming figures

clock 13 June 2025 • 1 min read
From the editor: Spending Review not as bad as feared, but where will the money be spent?

Politics

From the editor: Spending Review not as bad as feared, but where will the money be spent?

This week from Íæż½ã½ã acting editor Katie Jones

clock 12 June 2025 • 2 min read
Letters: "I don't get the problem – if we are happy to export beef, we have to also be happy to import it"

Beef

Letters: "I don't get the problem – if we are happy to export beef, we have to also be happy to import it"

Readers had their say on Facebook following the news Asda was stocking Uruguayan beef in stores

clock 12 June 2025 • 1 min read
Young Farmer Focus – Maria Warne-Elston: "I have watched three generations of women before me become unsung heroes"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus – Maria Warne-Elston: "I have watched three generations of women before me become unsung heroes"

Cornwall young farmer Maria Warne-Elston discusses the influence of female role models at her family farm

clock 11 June 2025 • 3 min read
Letters: "It is time that farmers and graziers should take precedence [in the uplands]"

Farm Life

Letters: "It is time that farmers and graziers should take precedence [in the uplands]"

Fairfax Luxmoore, Plymouth, writes to draw readers' attention to the 'gross mismanagement' of Old Winchester Hill [South Downs National Park, Hampshire]

clock 10 June 2025 • 2 min read
Hugh Pocock: "These technologies promise a more efficient, sustainable and prosperous future in farming"

Dairy

Hugh Pocock: "These technologies promise a more efficient, sustainable and prosperous future in farming"

Hugh Pocock, director at Cultura Connect, provides an insight into his visit to the Animal AgTech Innovation Summit in Dallas

clock 10 June 2025 • 5 min read