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Wales toasts triple success at world shearing championships

Wales toasted an incredible triple success at the world sheep shearing championships, held at this week’s Royal Highland Show, near Edinburgh. Gwion Evans, from Grugor Isa Farm in Clwt, Denbighshire,…

MACHINERY

New kit steals the show at Royal Highland 2023

A varied selection of new machinery and equipment was presented for the first time at this year’s Royal Highland Show, held from 22-25 June in Ingliston. Below, we round up…

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Rsabi offers free farmer health checks at Highland Show

Farmers visiting the Royal Highland Show this weekend (24-25 June) are being encouraged to have their physical and mental wellness checked by health professionals at the Royal Scottish Agricultural Benevolent…

ROYAL HIGHLAND SHOW

Scots' innovations that will take the industry forward

Some of the most recent advances in machinery and techniques, from unrolling big bales to managing manure, will be on display at the new Agri-innovation Centre at this month’s Royal…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

Farm-built bale unroller wins Highland Show innovation award

The practical and “green” attributes of a simple farm-built bale unroller have been recognised by the judges of a technical innovation award to be presented at the Royal Highland Show,…

ROYAL HIGHLAND SHOW

Animal activists call for vegan Royal Highland Show

Organisers of the Royal Highland Show have rejected suggestions by animal rights activist group Peta that the show should become a fully vegan event. In a letter sent to the…

ROYAL HIGHLAND SHOW

Video: Inside the trophy room at the Highland Show

It is one of the largest silver collections in Britain and it houses more trophies than Celtic and Rangers have won put together. In total, a staggering 345 trophies are…

MACHINERY

Royal Highland Show 2022: New arable and livestock kit

Exhibitors and visitors were in buoyant mood as the gates opened to a ‘normal’ Royal Highland Show once more. While the machinery lines were entertained by the stirring sounds of…

STAFF MANAGEMENT

Ukraine war has hit farm labour recruitment, says Eustice

Defra secretary George Eustice has delivered an update on the government’s seasonal farm labour scheme, while admitting the war in Ukraine has hampered efforts to recruit temporary workers to UK…

ROYAL HIGHLAND SHOW

Could thermal imaging transform livestock health management?

Thermal imaging is common in human medicine, but research from Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) shows there is huge potential for it to be used in the early detection of cross-species…

MEAT MARKETS AND PRICES

Scotland has moral duty to maximise food production, says QMS

Scotland has a moral responsibility to lead the way towards a more food-secure future in the wake of the Ukraine war, according to the country’s red meat levy board. Kate…

FARM POLICY

Independence 'offers route back into EU for Scots farmers'

Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, believes independence would provide the opportunity to rejoin the EU and allow Scottish farmers to regain access to the single market. Ms Sturgeon wants to…

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