Robbie Newlands lives and farms by one rule – simplicity. Based on 1,100 acres (445ha) near the town of Forres in Moray, Cluny Farm is home to Robbie and his wife Kirsty. Keen to make more data-led decisions on his finishing stock, Robbie installed the Stockman - an...
For many, autumn 2023 will be remembered as the year black-grass gained the upper hand. But for Somerset grower, Mark Doble, it marked the end of an eight-year battle with the grassweed. Mark farms 160ha in Illminster. He grows winter wheat, oilseed rape, winter...
Quality Meat Scotland’s (QMS’s) newly established Community Marketing Fund – a £50,000 resource aiming to support initiatives that promote our red meat brands within industry and across communities in Scotland - was a driving force behind a successful fundraising...
As she enters her final term as a Director of the Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) fruit and hop grower Ali Capper says nostalgia about agriculture needs to be left at the farm gate and replaced with a more businesslike mindset. She has also broadly welcomed the new...
Five team members from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) will take on the ultimate test as they participate in the Great Glen Challenge to raise funds for the Royal Scottish Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RSABI). The challenge, taking place on 30 August, will see the...
‘Make It Scotch’ t-shirts were in demand again at this year’s Royal Highland Show, with sales of more than 1000 shirts raising £5,628 in funds for Cancer Research UK, through the Business Beats Cancer Edinburgh branch. Throughout the four days of the Show the newly...
‘Doddie the iCON’ will report for fundraising duties once again... On Wednesday 14 August, the unique tartan-wrapped JCB Fastrac, known to many as ‘Doddie the iCON’, will lead the march in Sandy Duffus’ Tractor Run – an event that aims to raise funds for the ‘My...
“One of Scotland’s great assets is its red meat industry, which has a great story to tell,” says John Gilliland. Each month Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) releases an informative and fascinating podcast for industry, with red meat experts inside and outside of the...
Through a new study funded by Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) and Innovate UK under the Farming Innovation Programme, SugaROx Ltd and Fera Science Limited will explore the feasibility of using a game-changing biostimulant technology to...
The Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU) has released its latest Code of Best Practice (CoBP), reflecting forthcoming legal requirements on professional rodenticide application and supporting the safe and effective rodent pest management delivered by...