Looking forward to #Thinkdairyexpo24 in Carlise on 23 April and helping to inspire next generation about amazing opportunities in #dairy sector! Digital Dairy Chain #HarrisonHetherington #careers indairy #STEMdairy #jobs #careers NFU Scotland digitaldairychain.co.uk/think-dairy-ca…

Many thanks to all the farmers, vets, farm suppliers, consultants and auctioneers who have been helping us with a very special video over the past week or two. We hope to launch the video next week as a reminder to farmers, especially those struggling in this tough spring, that…

Caroline Millar Hideaway Experience Scottish Agritourism I’m absolutely gobsmacked. It’s incredible. Wonderful views, great hosts and fantastic facilities inside and out. A Scottish gem 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Could you be this years Royal Highland Show Highland Show Dairy Champion? 🍧🥛🧀🧈

New for this year is a Scottish Milk and Cream category.

Get mooving fast as online entries close 20th May!

More details on each category and how to enter below
royalhighlandshow.org/media/ck5hv5ju…

New for 2024 Royal Highland Show Scottish Dairy Championships have a new Milk and Cream section🥳🥳 Great way to showcase your amazing products. 📣Spread the word please😊 You don't need to be a Scottish producer to apply👍
Apply now: royalhighlandshow.org/trade-competit…

We are certain Caroline Millar would have had the kettle on for you!

Lovely chat this afternoon with Farmstrong Scotland program director and Perthshire farmer Alix Ritchie. Learning about the message of how farmers can live well and farm through peer to peer support and guidance. More to come in Farmers Guardian! #farm #scotland #mentalhealth

Great to catch up with Martin and Alasdair from NFU Scotland in Parliament earlier and hear about their manifesto and the return on investment. Farmers are vital to our economic growth and food security and contribute enormously to local communities. 🚜 #NFUS2024

Great to see you again John!

Absolutely delighted to meet with NFU Scotland in UK Parliament today to receive their 2024 Manifesto and pledge to support the future of Scottish farming 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🚜

We’re here! 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Great to see London North Eastern Railway #SupportingLocal producers across the UK. Yum! 😋

NFUS Policy Team are heading to Westminster where they’ll present our #GeneralElection Manifesto to MPs & Lords. 🚝
#ScotlandsFarmingFuture #NFUS2024

And a great place to meet, eat and have a seat! A regular venue for NFU Scotland

This video highlights a recent Scotland's Farm Advisory Service event where Mark McCallum from St-Martins Farm shares his experience of minimum tillage. Click below to hear all about it youtu.be/tuUeZlabgoA and here youtu.be/tuUeZlabgoA to read the related article DONALD ROSS NFU Scotland

🌱Good meeting today for NFU Scotland President Martin Kennedy & VP Alasdair Macnab with Scottish Land Commission Michael Russell & Hamish Trench .LR Bill, LRRS, land letting & natural capital markets-to name but a few. A lot more work to come on LR Bill. 🌱

Part 2 of my interview with NFU Scotland president Martin Kennedy to launch its General Election Manifesto 2024 outlining its key asks to prospective candidates and political parties in Westminster #farming #scotland #funding #rural #support #agriculture

🤝 Tesco important customer for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 farmers and strong sales show demand for local produce
💰 Amount of profit (£2.8b) is big, BUT main issue is the three-fold increase - with very little passed to farmers
⚖️ We need more equity & farmers need to make 💴 bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

It's been a challenging start to the year with farmers across the country working long hours in extremely difficult conditions. Scotland's Farm Advisory Service have launched a new wet weather webpage with advice and information for arable and livestock farmers.

👉fas.scot/advice-grants/…

It’s so quiet but the #Angus countryside should be buzzing with activity: cultivation, sowing, crop treatments, livestock grazing.
This graphic shows how wet it’s been.
Many winter sown crops are washed out or seed rotted & much remains too wet for field ops & for cattle turnout.