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Changes to farm support coming down into place next year
WEBJul 25, 2024 · Changes coming down the line for support payments. Scottish farmers are facing a raft of changes to the support payment system in 2025. In an announcement by the Scottish Government plus a letter to all support claimants which sets out areas which are being changes. However overall the government …
Harvest Round-up 2021: Tremendous harvest conditions – but …
WEBSep 17, 2021 · Borders. Harvest 2021 has drawn to a close for Robert Neil, from Upper Nisbet, Jedburgh, who told The SF that it had been a fairly easy harvest all round. “Our winter barley yields are up on the year, spring barley is half a tonne an acre back and wheat is back a bit, but prices are buoyant,” he said.
Scottish food producer switches to wind and solar power only
WEB1 day ago · A major Scottish meat producer has hailed making the switch to wind and solar power. The square sausage specialist said its £3 million renewable energy system is now live and set to generate 120 per cent of the firm's energy needs ahead of Christmas production rush. Simon Howie, the Scottish butcher …
Scottish farming plans 2025: full of promises, short on facts
WEBSep 12, 2024 · Peatland in Scotland: Caught between conservation and bureaucracy. The Scottish Government (or Riaghaltus na h-Alba) sent us farmers a letter in July about Support in 2025. Long on pious intent and verbiage – short on facts. A rather muddled and ramshackle effort in truth. There is lots about farming peatland and how it …
UK food self-sufficiency hits record lows, sparking concerns
WEBAug 15, 2024 · Defra states that the UK is 62% self-sufficient in food. The new government is being urged to take action to prevent a further decline in self-sufficiency, as recent figures show that levels for some foods are at their lowest since records began. The significance of boosting self-sufficiency levels has been underscored recently on August 14 ...
Survey seeks farmers’ views on challenging harvest
WEB2 days ago · Survey seeks farmers’ views on challenging harvest. UK farming is preparing for a low-yielding harvest and adapting to a new normal of climate extremes, following the country’s coolest summer for nearly a decade and one of the wettest winters on record. Compounded by external factors such as the cost of energy, inflation, changing subsidies ...
Farmers warned of increased rodent activity | The Scottish Farmer
WEB3 days ago · Here are six top tips to effectively rodent-proof your site: 1. It may seem simple but keeping sites clean and tidy should become a regular part of any farmer’s maintenance routine. Keep pallets and sacks to a minimum as these make for the perfect harbourage, and remove any rubbish or unwanted stores of straw and hay. 2.
Scottish harvest stalls as gene editing debate drags
WEBAug 31, 2024 · The project will bring trials of precision-bred cereal crops onto commercial farms soon after the seed from trial plots was harvested earlier this month, with the first of these looking at a gene-edited wheat which, it is claimed, could lead to “greener” farming systems. The wheat which was grown on from plots at the John Innes Centre has ...