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Five agriculture trainees have won awards at Lantra Scotland’s ALBAS (Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills) at a virtual ceremony.  

It is time for the UK Government to sort out the barriers which are hampering agri-food trade to Europe, according to NFU Scotland. 

Fergus Ewing, Scotland’s Rural Economy Secretary is reportedly at the centre of a row with at least one senior civil servant.

Amidst the unprecedented turmoil of the Scottish political scene, NFU Scotland has attempted to move the focus away from the current Holyrood battlefield on to the forthcoming parliamentary election on May 6.

A Scottish carrot grower is facing the loss of a 2,000-tonne business with Northern Ireland thanks to the effects of post-Brexit bureaucracy and increased haulage costs – the so-called non-tariff barriers to trade.

The 2021 Royal Highland Show will not go ahead in its traditional format but there will be live streaming of a limited programme of events.

Despite the challenges of the past year, or maybe because of them, there has been a notable surge in demand for trainees to work in the food sector.

Auctioneer John Copland has plied his trade on the various islands of Orkney for half a century where, as he tells Ewan Pate, there have been plenty of highlights to looking after such an extensive territory.

One of Cabinet Secretary Fergus Ewing’s urgent priorities when he spoke to the NFU Scotland annual conference was to quickly quell worries about the availability of seasonal workers this summer.

Industry leaders have warned the pig sector is in a ‘critical state’