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Upcoming budget and legislative changes on rural landowners
4 days ago · Budget and legislative changes on rural landowners. The Scottish agricultural sector is potentially facing one of the biggest shifts in legislative and budgetary frameworks in a generation. Fears are growing that the agriculture fund could be cut after years of underspending and the Budget is set to outline new rules on taxation as part of the ...
How will harvest 2024 turn out in Scotland? | The Scottish Farmer
Jul 28, 2024 · This has been a get-out-of-jail card for many, as well as putting many contract farming agreements under pressure, as £363/acre to an absentee landlord might appear a more attractive option. This is a three-year scheme, and farmers also receive £2,000 upfront to cover admin or pay for a consultant to navigate the best options.
Weather affects Scotland’s 2024 harvest outcomes
3 days ago · The average yields so far based on NFUS survey responses: Spring barley – 6.29 tonnes per hectare (t/ha) Winter barley – 7.26 t/ha. Winter wheat – 8.51 t/ha. Spring oats – 6.96 t/ha. Oilseed rape – 3.45 t/ha. Rye – 7.0 t/ha. The 2023 Scottish harvest faced mixed results due to challenging weather, with crops like wheat and barley ...
AHDB findings: how farming costs have changed with inflation
1 day ago · While farm input costs increased by more than 40%, the total funding for agriculture in the UK has remained constant at £2.4bn since the 2019-24 parliament. Megan Hesketh, lead data analyst, at AHDB added: “According to our analysis, the farming budget would need to increase by 44% to £3.4bn just to offset the effect of inflation.
Scottish Government fails hill farmers and crofters
Oct 10, 2024 · Former Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy Fergus Ewing MSP has slammed the Scottish Government for failing to pay out millions of pounds earmarked for hill farmers and crofters. In an exclusive interview with The Scottish Farmer, the SNP Inverness and Nairn MSP is outraged at the £46.1m ‘IOU’ published in a recent official letter from ...
Scotland slashed agriculture emissions by 11.9% since 1990
Jun 21, 2024 · Scotland’s agriculture emissions fell by 11.9%, equivalent to one million tonne of carbon dioxide (1.0 MtCO2e), between 1990 and 2022. The agriculture emissions figure featured in the Scottish Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Statistics 2022 published on Tuesday, June 18. Between 1990 and 2022, there was a 50.1% reduction in estimated net emissions in ...
Scotland's wettest summer: farming challenges and future risks
Sep 20, 2024 · Consequently, beef cattle and sheep numbers across Britain continue to fall as farmers vote with their feet, reducing numbers and causing supply to tighten. And that isn’t going to change any time soon. Scotland faces unprecedented rainfall and farming struggles. Explore how the wettest summer impacts agriculture and what it means for the future.
This is the time to go organic, Scottish farmers told
Jan 26, 2022 · From this week until April 29, farmers and crofters have the opportunity to apply for financial support to see them through the two-year conversion period, during which the farm must be farmed organically but its products cannot be sold as organic. But with the Scottish government pushing to double organic farmland in Scotland by 2026, there is ...