The Scottish Farmer - 30 Aug 2025
Fake food fightback
Shetland harvest
Celebrating new SRUC graduates
Nutrition advice for robotic dairies
Three generations at the peas
Six pages of Scottish weddings
Texels sell for over six-figures
Fake food fightback
Clarkson’s Farm sparks student boom
Extreme weather fuels farmer anxiety
Ernie Crighton wins long service award
Hunt for defective sheep genes
£20m peatland boost
Police warn of poaching rise
British pork leads but some retailers lag
Farmers face new water curbs
Inheritance tax receipts hit record
Farmers could face unexpected solar costs
Farmers fear collapse
‘Criminal’ food security
Three generations unite for harvest
Heatwaves hit UK farm yields
AHDB launches cereals assurance study
Workers win improved Dale Farm deal
‘Wildfires’ frazzle my brain
Truth or decline for livestock breeding
EDITOR'S VIEW
It’s government, not farmers or food industry, to blame for food price spike
OBITUARY
Flummoxed by fake foods
Small switches add up to a better British food future
Munro mission to build future
Heather Gray charity auction success
SAYFC announces young farmer finalists
A bright future for our natural economy
POSTGRADUATE AND DEGREE PRIZE WINNERS
HN PRIZE WINNERS
POULTRY PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
DEGREE LISTINGS
HN PRIZE WINNERS
Studying agriculture allows me to help other crofters
DEGREE LISTINGS
Graduate Chloe Harkness begins dream ranger role
Aston leavesnd career in finance to pursue horticulture
DEGREE LISTINGS
SRUC Honorary Fellowships recognise lifelong commitment
Oliver recognised for resilience and animal science success
DEGREE LISTINGS
Mains of Creuchies clinch supreme
Hufflepuff has the horsepower
Success for heavy horses at Scone
LOCHABER SHOW
Black Isle Shetland judge
Suckler cow and calf take supreme
LEADING awards
Two out of three for Chris
LEADING awards
SPECIAL prizes
It’s time for grain contracts to be ‘fair’ for our farmers
Early finish for Highland harvest
Shifting weather patterns calls for a shift in arable mindset
Frontier boosts OSR crop support
UK wheat stocks fall sharply
Wheat varieties lose rust resistance
Breeding sheep start with a bang despite drought concerns
Higher prices increases the value of red meat exports from the UK
Field Marshall tractor sells for £15,800
LEADING prices
Eating into winter reserves
Boclair sweeps Lanarkshire herds competition
FACTfile
Midlock Inferno ignites 110,000gns
Averages:
Allanfauld champion tops at 20,000gns
Knap Impact makes his mark at 20,000gns
John Deere fetches £30,400 at monthly sale
OTHER LEADING prices
Best of Ingleview hit 11,000gns
Coco steams ahead at 5200gns
Gisburn dairy sell to £4100 – twice
OTHER LEADING prices
OTHER LEDAING prices
Averages:
Averages
Averages:
Spectacular show calves top £8500
Commercial heifers sell to £8300
Okity Red leads Willsbro at 6200gns
Alton Muirhouse organic herd sells to £3700
Averages:
Scotch Mule averages soar at CD
Breeding sheep top £390 at NWA
AYR
Katie wins Super Singles
CARLISLE
NEWTON STEWART
Prices
LEADING prices
LEADING
VetEmbryos online sale peaks at €7300
THAINSTONE
STIRLING (UA)
STIRLING (CALLY)
News from the Scottish red meat industry
CATTLE
SHEEP
Genetic Gain in the Essie Flock – CT Scanning, Genomic Gain, and Market Payoff
PRIME SALES
Countdown is on to UK Dairy Day
Judges
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