Hence the strategy Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) wants to use: plant saplings, not seeds, and crank those saplings out faster than nature could. In the wild, wrote Severin Carrell in The Guardian, ...

The Agriculture Minister Jim Fairlie and I took the opportunity to meet with many of you and answer questions about the newly announced £14 million Future Farming Investment Scheme (FFIS). The scheme ...

A report into Scottish farm business income shows profits on an average lowland cattle and sheep farm fell sharply in 2023/24 to just £2,600. By comparison the average in 2012/13 was £35,000.

NFU Scotland has launched a forceful critique of the Scottish government ’s Land Reform Bill, warning it could damage rural livelihoods and overwhelm farms and crofts with excessive bureaucracy. As ...