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Aldi pours over £30million into support for dairy farming
网页1 天前 · Aldi has announced plans to invest over £30m in dairy farmers over the next three and a half years, through an enhanced partnership with Arla, the UK’s biggest dairy cooperative. This extended partnership, set to run until the middle of 2027, will provide additional support to Arla’s farmer owners, ensuring greater focus on sustainability ...
Food Standards Agency investigates cell-cultivated products
网页1 天前 · The Food Standards Agency (FSA), with Food Standards Scotland, won the bid to be awarded £1.6 million in funding from the Government’s Engineering Biology Sandbox Fund (EBSF) for the two-year programme. CCPs are new food products made without using traditional farming methods such as rearing livestock or growing plants and grains.
Survey seeks farmers’ views on challenging harvest
网页1 天前 · In this context, trade association Solar Energy UK has launched an online survey to understand the pressures currently faced by farmers, landowners and those working in the agricultural sector and the extent to which diversification could help farms tackle headwinds. “We believe the perspectives of farmers have been largely missing from the national conversation on farm diversification and ...
Scottish Government unveils new policies impacting agriculture
网页2024年4月19日 · The Scottish Government’s suite of new policies have been announced at Holyrood in full. Tier 2 of the agriculture future support framework will be important for delivering outcomes for climate and nature. Following the First Minister’s announcement in February that the funding for Tiers 1 and 2 will constitute at least 70% of the overall ...
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网页Dairy farmers benefit from rising prices as October milk demand stays strong. The latest farming news from The Scottish Farmer.
Rural Scotland's £46M payment crisis exposed
网页2 天之前 · It’s another slap in the face for rural Scotland this week, as the cabinet secretary admits to a £46.1 million ‘IOU.’. The situation has become so desperate that even former farming minister Fergus Ewing has been forced to speak out against what he describes as a travesty – the misappropriation of critical funds.
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网页Greece halts goat and sheep movement nationwide to combat 'goat plague' outbreak. Read more articles. The latest livestock news from The Scottish Farmer.
QMS highlights the economic potential of Scotland’s beef sector
网页2024年9月10日 · Iain Macdonald said: “Our recently published Red Meat Industry Profile report highlights continued strong appetite for beef in Scotland, with an 8% increase in consumer spending on red meat and a rise in red meat processing turnover for a fourth consecutive year by 1% to £975 million. This popularity and the foreseeable demand from a …
Don't overlook Scotland-specific issues | The Scottish Farmer
网页2024年7月18日 · We know the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) area-based payments will be phased out by 2027 and replaced by four farming policies implemented by Scotland, England, Northern Ireland, and Wales. Scotland’s new plans remain aligned with the EU’s per-hectare subsidies and associated funding for …