Farms and estates in Scotland which let residential property are reminded that they must comply with new damp and mould rules which take effect from 6 October 2026. Gillian Ferguson, Senior Associate ...

Responding to reports that the shadow chancellor, Andrew Griffith, will announce at today’s Conservative Party conference that the party would scrap Natural England and the Environment Agency if ...

"If farmers start cutting back on production because they cannot see a viable return or because they are worried about the availability and cost of inputs, concerns about food security can become a ...

After a warm, dry summer in many areas, the recent shift to damper conditions has kept blowfly strike on the agenda for many sheep farmers. With September and October temperatures above average in ...

The World Meteorological Organization expects this El Niño to peak in late 2026 and into early 2027, with impacts on rainfall, food production and global temperature to continue beyond this peak.

Before we do this, we will invite a small number of farmers who are eligible for Window 1 to apply from around 18 June. This is to test and refine the application service in a controlled way, to make ...

Trials have shown that the addition of ANTHEM (400 g/L pendimethalin) significantly improves black-grass control when used alongside a tank mix of Proclus® (aclonifen) plus Liberator® (flufenacet and ...

National Sheep Association (NSA) welcomes the Scottish Government decision to extend the bluetongue restricted zone across the whole of Scotland. The decision is a practical one, and it removes a ...

The National Drought Group - which includes the Met Office, government, regulators, water companies, farmers, Canal & River Trust, anglers, and conservation experts - is now meeting weekly to monitor ...

Challenge Works has today launched the Flush Forward Challenge, which will fund and support UK organisations to explore how Reinvented Toilet technologies could help address sewage and nutrient ...

Launched in 2024, Blenheim Estate's mushroom farm grows Oyster, Lion's Mane and other varieties of gourmet mushrooms on spawn-inoculated substrate (the growing surface) created from organic materials ...

If your property is next to a public highway, it may not be clear where the highway ends and your land begins; The red line on a title plan usually shows only ...