SLE and farming stakeholders brief MSPs on Less Favoured Area Support Scheme payments
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The importance of Less Favoured Area (LFA) support for rural communities has been highlighted by a briefing issued to MSPs by farming organisations this week.
Scottish Land & Estates - alongside NFU...
SLE provides evidence to Scottish Affairs Committee on the future of Scottish Agriculture
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Scottish Land & Estates today provided evidence to the Scottish Affairs Committee on the future of agriculture in Scotland.
The session at SRUC’s Oatridge Campus, attended by academics and...
Huge opportunity to enhance Scottish farming following CAP departure
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Leaving the Common Agricultural Policy presents a positive opportunity to revitalise Scottish farming, Scottish Land & Estates said today.
The rural business organisation made the comments within its...
Answers required on future of upland farming support
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Farmers in Scotland’s most fragile rural areas need clarity on how hill and upland livestock production is going to be supported in future, Scottish Land & Estates said today.
Following today’s...
Riding the Slime Wave
HIH Case Study
Jenna grew up on the family mixed farm in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and comes from fourth generation farmers on her mother and my side. Growing up on the farm, she saw first-hand the impact that...
Mossgiel Family Farm - Organic Farming for a Sustainable Future
HIH Case Study
Mossgiel Farm was once home to Scotland's Bard, Robbie Burns, and is now farmed by Bryce Cunningham and his family, who are looking to bring natural, whole Ayrshire food back to our plates.
As the...
Field to Fork, Hirsel Estate
HIH Case Study
Field to Fork, a project for schools, based at the Hirsel Estate, Coldstream and funded by Douglas and Angus Estates, is about connecting children to where their food comes from and taking them...
Implications of Agriculture Bill on Scotland need to be understood
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The publication of the Agriculture Bill provides a degree of clarity on the direction of travel for UK farming – but more discussions will be required to understand the implications for Scotland.
Th...
Schools Countryside Day
HIH Case Study
The Border Union Agricultural Society established the Schools Countryside Day in 2013, now in its sixth year, with the aim to educate young people on food and farming. This year saw more than 1,200...
Roan's Dairy
HIH Case Study
Situated in the south west of Scotland, in the coastal Dumfires and Galloway, the Roan family have been milking pedigree free range cows since 1898. Brothers Stuart and Steven have taken over the...
Cullisse Scottish Highland Rapeseed Oil
HIH Case Study
The Mackenzie family have been running Cullisse Farms since the 1920s, where they began farming oats, barely and cattle. The farm slowly passed through the generations, until Kenneth and Gregor...
Innovative Farming at Balbirnie
HIH Case Study
For centuries Balbirinie has been farmed, with many of the same crops still seen today still grown. Like many farms Balbirnie continues to grow and develop, adopting modern farming techniques and more...