1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (632+ words) AVERAGES were up on the year at United Auctions’ sale of 10,838 ewe lambs at Stirling, where Scotch Mules levelled at £200.44, up £10.09, and Blackfaces cashed in at £154.01 which represents a rise of £18.93 on 2025. Three pens of Scotch Mules sold for the…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (489+ words) Scotland’s nine Monitor Farms are preparing to host their final meetings of the current programme after four years of testing new ideas, making changes and sharing results with their local farming communities. The series will begin with the Argyll Monitor…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (735+ words) A unique handblown glass trophy created in the Scottish Borders will be presented to the leading Young Handler qualifier at this month’s Sheep Dog World Trial in Lauder, celebrating the legacy of a young Borders man whose love of the…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (501+ words) Helicopters will be made available to Scotland’s firefighters at short notice when wildfire risk reaches high, very high or extreme levels. The Scottish Government has announced that the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) will be able to place helicopters…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (531+ words) DUTCH Spotted breeders enjoyed a generally stronger trade at the breed society’s Premier show and sale at Carlisle, where averages in the main improved on the year. Tom and Lisa Nash's ewe lamb, Merryboro Just Look at My Eyes, led…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (451+ words) Banffshire breeder Michelle Hanson repeated her success of 2025, topping the Badger Face Texel Sheep Society show and sale at Carlisle, with a ram lamb selling at 4500gns. Michelle, who is based at Upper Drakemyres, Forgie, she also shared the top female…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (473+ words) The Scottish Government has scrapped the Agriculture Reform Implementation Oversight Board (ARIOB) and introduced a new Land, Agriculture and Nature Delivery Group (LAND). The change emerged at the first meeting of Holyrood’s Rural Affairs Committee following the summer recess, where…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (591+ words) Averages improved on the year and for more sold at United Auctions' show and sale of Scotch Mule, Cheviot Mule, Texel and Suffolk gimmers at their sale at Stirling. The champion pen of Scotch Mules from J Paterson, East Dykes,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (113+ words) A pen of gimmers from W Morton, Grennan, led C&D Auctions’ annual show and sale of Scotch Mules at Dumfries, taking the championship and selling for the top price of £305. Reserve honours went to a pen from Messrs Wilson,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (579+ words) Nearly £600,000 is being made available to support grassroots projects across Scotland through the latest round of Crown Estate Scotland ’s Sustainable Communities Fund. Now in its seventh round, the fund has already distributed more than £2.25 million since its launch in…...