Agriculture

Mary-Jane Lawrie talks farming, biodiversity, and empowering women in agriculture

Senior Agricultural Consultant, Mary-Jane Lawrie has been shortlisted for a top industry prize. …

SAC Consulting
24/04/2025

Entries open for agricultural communications award

Writers, podcasters, social media influencers and storytellers are being encouraged to enter the 2025 Fordyce Maxwell Award for Agricultural Communications.…

SRUC
23/04/2025

Crop updates: 14 April 2025

Our regular round up of the issues affecting crops around Scotland, summarises how crops are developing and what weather and other issues are affecting them. The update provides information on the progress with key field work activities as well as news on the pest, weed and disease problems being noted in crops.…

SAC Consulting
15/04/2025

Crop updates: late March 2025

Our regular round up of the issues affecting crops around Scotland, summarises how crops are developing and what weather and other issues are affecting them. The update provides information on the progress with key field work activities as well as news on the pest, weed and disease problems being noted in crops.…

SAC Consulting
04/04/2025

Ministers open multi-million pound Dairy Nexus

Ministers from the UK and Scottish governments have opened a multi-million pound facility designed to boost innovation and sustainability in the dairy industry. …

SRUC
03/04/2025

New sponsorship from ACT helps agriculture student sow seeds of success

An SRUC student is the first recipient of a sponsorship from Agricultural Central Trading (ACT), which aims to improve access to higher education. Anna Craig, a third-year agriculture student based in Aberdeen, will be paid a bursary across the coming year, and will also have the opportunity to undertake paid internships as a part of the award.…

SRUC
02/04/2025

AI biosecurity tool could help save farmers time

Scientists are developing a new webtool which will use Artificial Intelligence to give time-pressured farmers tailored advice on how to protect their livestock from disease.…

SRUC
21/03/2025

Seamus Murphy: Exploring net zero and agriculture

In light of the publication of the Climate Change Committee's Seventh Carbon budget, two questions have resurfaced in my mind: is net zero in agriculture in the UK possible by 2050 and is it ultimately necessary to meet our climate goals? These are questions I have mulled over for nearly a decade working as a sustainability consultant at SAC Consulting, working in the food and drink sector.…

Seamus Murphy, SAC Consulting
21/03/2025

Crop updates: March 2025

Our regular round up of the issues affecting crops around Scotland, summarises how crops are developing, and what weather and other issues are affecting them. The update provides information on the progress with key field work activities as well as news on the pest, weed and disease problems being noted in crops.…

SAC Consulting
17/03/2025

First UK courses in Agricultural Communications open for applications

Promoting the national importance of farming – as well as tackling misinformation – has led to the creation of the UK’s first ever courses in agricultural communications.…

SRUC
13/03/2025

SRUC sweeps Lantra Scotland ALBAS awards with record-breaking 15 gongs

Students from SRUC scooped a record-breaking 15 trophies at this year’s Lantra Scotland Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills (ALBAS).…

SRUC
12/03/2025

SRUC showcases apprenticeship a-peel with Albert Bartlett for Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2025

Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) is shining a spotlight on four apprentices who recently began their careers in food production with Albert Bartlett as part of Scottish Apprenticeship Week.…

SRUC
07/03/2025