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AFTER WEEKS of rain, despite the colder weather bringing firmer conditions, the ground is still far too wet for dung spreading, as seen here at…

Peebles-shire fencing contractors, Joe Swinton and Sons, aim on efficiency for their forward-thinking business, which was established almost 40…

It takes a huge amount of dedication, enthusiasm and attention to detail to succeed in any career – star qualities dairy farmers, Robert Sloan and his father Bryce, have undoubtedly been gifted with after winning a screed of top industry awards. In 2017, the Sloans saw their Townlaw Holstein herd from Auchinleck, Cumnock, lift the top honours for production and inspection in the Scottish Herds competition. This was superseded the following year with a Master Breeder Status from Holstein UK– an award which acknowledges high standards on classification scores and production traits as ...

Finished beef prices in excess of 420-430p per deadweight kg have to be maintained if there is to be any future for Scotland's suckler producers and…

Young farmer, Lucy Story, has had a challenging year. At the age of 29 she took on the tenancy of the beef, sheep and arable farm in Northumberland farmed by her parents – one of few female farm tenants and probably among the youngest in the country – and in January, 2021, she became a mum. Now, with help from her husband, Tom, an auctioneer with Harrison and Hetherington, as well as two full-time members of staff, Lucy is running the 1000 acre Rugley Farm, near Alnwick – the third generation of the family to farm it in almost 50 years. Lucy and Tom are evolving the farming poli...