farming

"On 16 June 2025, Scotland took another formal step towards agricultural reform with the commencement of key provisions in the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024. "

"Historically, the diesel cost of tractor operations was trivial compared to depreciation, interest on capital and the cost of repairs."

"A quiet agricultural revolution is underway, one that begins not in the soil but in space."

"Artificial intelligence (AI) burst into the public consciousness in late 2022. Specifically, it was the power of generative AI that captured the imagination."

"Launched as one of the three components of the Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes, the SFI is designed to pay farmers for delivering public goods, from cleaner water and improved soil to enhanced biodiversity and reduced emissions."

"With ambitious UK housebuilding targets potentially chastened by a chronic shortage of essential construction aggregates, mineral extraction could become a valuable income stream for rural landowners."

"UK farmers and landowners can be forgiven for feeling their world has been turned upside down during the past six months."

"In the current agricultural climate, farmers are increasingly looking for ways to futureproof their business."

"The world approached the new millennium with curiosity and excitement. Now, 25 years later, that curiosity has transformed the agricultural sector, resulting in a policy landscape that looks remarkably different today."

"Whether preferred mashed, roasted or simply boiled, potatoes play a large part in our diets and in one guise or another are likely to feature on the Christmas dinner table. "