The previous Labour council banned all meat at council events
Herds have already been lost with warnings more will follow if the situation does not change
After a decade of political let downs and disappointments, agricultural voices are now questioning what government support actually means
NFU Scotland vice-president Robert Neill said the wages board is outdated and called on Scottish Government to scrap it within 12 months
John Swinney moved to reassure the industry as concerns continued to be flagged around policy
The former NFU president said Defra did not have the ‘commercial expertise and acumen' needed right now to appropriately address food security
NFU deputy president warned that food security starts with water
This week from the Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones
Consumers take to social media to question move which aims to cut carbon footprint
Groups urge organisation to rethink following judgment which branded the Food Standards Agency's (FSA) main and enforcement rate as unlawful