Scottish Land & Estates, the rural business organisation, has once again called for better ‘rural-proofing’ of policies in the wake of the debacle over a ban on wood-burning stoves in new homes
It follows a dramatic increase in values in recent years due to demand from commercial forestry and natural capital investors
Lucy Graham, 18, is a beef and sheep farmer from Biggar in South Lanarkshire.
NFU Scotland said, proposals from Scottish Government of a ban on the use of enriched cages to house laying hens for egg production would lead to retailers importing eggs from elsewhere with ‘no better or potentially worse welfare standards'
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Samantha Bunting had attempted to find a lost cow before her quad bike had overturned
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The QMS levy rate will rise by 6.8 per cent
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NFU Mutual said the UK cost of livestock worrying has increased by nearly 30 per cent