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Not too many livestock prefixes survive for 80 years but the Collessie name is an exception and one that continues to go from strength-to-strength. Ewan Pate reports.

Despite everything that has been thrown at them in terms of adverse weather and Covid-19 restrictions, it seems from an early estimate that Scottish farmers may have produced their biggest harvest for 10 years.

Forestry and Land Scotland, the government agency responsible for much of the country’s forestry, has stirred considerable controversy over its decision to authorise a cull of red deer hinds which began on September 1. 

Measures have been put in place to ensure student safety within a learning environment amid the Covid-19 pandemic at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC).

Lower production has supported prices in 2020

The risk of a livestock market being shut down due to Covid-19 restrictions remains very real.

The 16,000 members of the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland have been asked to dig deep if they want to see its flagship event survive.

The 2 Sisters chicken processing factory in Coupar Angus re-opened on Monday August 31 after a fortnight-long Covid-19-related closure.

The relationship between NFU Scotland and the Scottish Conservative Party has plunged to a new low this week, following a very public spat between recently-elected party leader Douglas Ross MP and the union’s head of policy.

Scotland’s red meat producers and retailers must leverage the relationships built during the Covid-19 pandemic according to Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) board member Louise Welsh.