Agriculture

Farmers’ handbook highlights volatile farm output prices

Price levels for the main farm outputs have been volatile in the last year according to the latest edition of the Farm Management Handbook. …

SRUC
25/10/2023

Award-winning student is “epitome of resilience”

SRUC is celebrating a second successive win at the British Farming Awards after Naomi Ramsay was named Agricultural Student of the Year.…

SRUC
20/10/2023

Capturing impact and evidence through collecting data on-farms

At times it feels that the agriculture industry is under more pressure than ever before. Production costs have increased dramatically, while output prices have very rarely followed suit. …

Huw Jones
16/10/2023

Remembering a giant of the Green Revolution

In the wake of his recent death at the grand age of 98, the New York Times obituary for Professor MS Swaminathan labelled him the “scientist who helped conquer famine in India”.…

Wayne Powell
09/10/2023

SRUC Theatre “must visit” destination at Scottish Smallholder Festival

The 2023 Scottish Smallholder Festival will feature an SRUC Theatre as part of the seminar programme providing a professional and hands-on education for smallholders attending the event. …

SRUC
25/09/2023

Talking hemp – the super crop

A new podcast, released today by Scotland’s Rural College’s Rural Policy Centre, looks at why so few farmers are currently growing hemp in Scotland.…

SRUC
21/09/2023

Former Agriculture student wins £1k Norvite Scholarship

A former Agriculture student from SRUC has been awarded a Norvite Scholarship, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.…

SRUC
20/09/2023

Business skills competition offers £1k prize

A business skills competition, which encourages young professionals to think about how to manage an agricultural business, is open for applications.…

SRUC
12/09/2023

Fresh analysis will guide future agriculture policy

Twelve reports have been produced that explore some of the options and mechanisms the Scottish Government will need to consider while developing its upcoming plans for agriculture with a renewed focus on delivering for both industry and for nature. …

SRUC
29/08/2023

SRUC student in running for British Farming Award

For the second year in a row, a student from SRUC has been named as a finalist at the British Farming Awards.…

SRUC
15/08/2023

Small Business Innovation Drives Growth

Scotland’s agrifood sector has many small vibrant, often family, businesses that sustain communities and innovate to drive that all-important economic growth. This innovation and enterprise creation strengthens industry resilience and helps to ensure these businesses grow and develop to support the next generation. …

Sascha Grierson and Ceri Ritchie
03/08/2023

Early success in campaign to save lapwings

A new project designed to reverse the decline in the population of one of Scottish farmland’s most loved birds is reporting significant early progress.…

SRUC
26/07/2023