• New rural development programme in Scotland - What does it mean for food and farming
    Guest blog by Andrew Stark, Land Use Policy Officer and Chris Bailey, Advisory Manager Scotland Since the last edition of Farming E-News, there has been several important developments in Scotland’s...
  • Scotland Rural Development Programme – Open for Business!
    In January 2015 the new Scotland Rural Development Programme (SRDP) opened for business. Well... sort of! The programme has numerous schemes and these are opening on a rolling basis – so far we have seen...
  • Guest blog: A National Hedgerow Network
    Oxfordshire farmer, Robert Crocker, champions the setting up of a farmer-led national network of hedgerows for wildlife. Rob farms mostly tenanted land, raising organic beef cattle and arable crops. ...
  • The Benefits to Wider Biodiversity of Land Management for Cirl Buntings
    Having recently started as an intern on the cirl bunting project, I am learning all the time about agri-environment schemes and the work that the RSPB does with farmers. For example, I learned that cirl...
  • The Benefits to Wider Biodiversity of Cirl Bunting Land Management
    Having recently started as an intern on the cirl bunting project, I am learning all the time about agri-environment schemes and the work that the RSPB does with farmers. For example, I learned that cirl...