The Scottish Farmer

Scotland is renowned for its fine food and drink sector, but there is no point in producing the most tantalising premium food products, if nobody knows your company exists.

Exclusive fishing rights for sale on the Tay

CKD Galbraith, one of Scotland’s leading property consultants, has been instructed to handle the sale of the Newtyle Fishings, one of the most attractive and accessible double beats on the middle Tay, in all extending to 1¼ miles of predominantly double bank fishing.

Award winning ‘hangover cure’ sausage hits butchers shelves

A SOUTH-West of Scotland butcher is being used to spread the word about a new and unusual award-winning sausage recipe.

Canadian singer wins world raspberry jampionships

The search for the world’s best raspberry jam maker attracted around 100 entries and a winner all the way from Canada – the well known blue grass singer and songwriter Trisha Gagnon.

Extra funding to support skills of Scotland’s rural women

Supporting the Skills of Scotland’s Women

Gearing up for Scottish National Sheepdog trials - clinics available to improve dog training skills

This year’s Scottish National Sheepdog Trials will take place at Ruecastle Farm, near Jedburgh.

A riot of colour from RHET in the main ring

More than 300 schoolchildren gave a colourful and lively display in the main ring on the Friday of the show.

Cocktail catastrophe

After all the painstaking research and development time put into our cocktail competition for the Highland Show, our three entries unfortunately didn’t make the podium when it came to the final results.

Lantra building skills base for rural business women

In this changing economic environment, the ladies of the farming household are proving to be a force to be reckoned with in the business world.

SAYFC seeks previous arts and craft winners

SAYFC has put out an invitation to all past winners of the National Arts and Craft Competition to a reception on the Thursday evening of the Royal Highland Show; however this is providing quite a task to get a hold of all the past winners. If you are a past winner, please contact Helen at SAYFC (contact details below). The list below shows the year and club or district which won.

From fleece to fashion

The Bluefaced Leicester Sheep Breeders Association, and the Duchy of Lancaster Estates supported the recent demonstration of wool, spinning, and a fashion show held recently at the Duchy’s Root Hill Estate yard in Dunsop Bridge, Lancashire.

Revenue from recreation: rural enterprise demo day announced

THE latest in the series of ‘demo’ days hosted by the Scottish Rural Property and Business Association (SRPBA) and partners will take place at Callendar House, Falkirk on Thursday, May 5.

Spring into summer plants

When Alison Kerr set up Corton Plants eight years ago with one polytunnel, little did she realise just how quickly the business would grow.

Scotland’s finest foods at Hopetoun farm shop

Hopetoun, one of Scotland’s finest stately homes, situated on the outskirts of Edinburgh, under the guidance of Lord and Lady Hoptoun, is extending the availability of the produce reared on its farms and estate, with the launch of a new farm shop scheduled to open on May 20.

RHET provides fun on the farm for 400 kids

The stage was set at the SAC Auchincruive Estate for a themed ‘Farming Past and Present’ event on Wednesday, March 30.

This week: NEW Country Lifestyle supplement!

A special 32-page treat that you can find tucked inside this week’s TSF (March 26)....

RSPB survey aims to count cost of the cold spell on Scotland’s birds

The Big Garden Birdwatch returns January 29 to 30, 2011

New skills academy launched

Industry leadership organisation, Scotland Food and Drink, have launched a new Skills Academy today (Wednesday, November 17) at Edinburgh Castle to help meet its ambitious target of growing the value of the industry by 25% to £12.5bn by 2017.

RSABI launch a new listening service

After almost a year of planning, RSABI, Scotland’s only charity dedicated to helping people who have depended on the land, this week launched a confidential stress support service called Gatepost, dedicated to Scotland’s farming community.

Scotland’s Trade Fair the ideal place to find your newest supplier

Scotland’s Farm shops are renowned for their fresh, local produce, and unusual merchandise that isn’t available on the High Street. But when you have exhausted the local producers, and are looking for a new supplier to maintain the high standards you have set, where do you find them?

Highland Game’s meat beats off Jamie Oliver

Highland Game, a Dundee venison producer, is ecstatic to have won two awards at the Quality Food Awards.

Gardening Scotland dates announced

Gardening Scotland 2011 will take place from Friday, June 3, until Sunday, June 5, at The Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh.

Life-long dream fulfilled by RHS handcrafts champion

Royal Highland Show organisers have helped fulfill a life-long ambition for Ayrshire embroiderer, Mrs Ruby Weir, of Over Glaisnock Farm, Cumnock.

Turra Coo sculpture unveiled

After some intense fundraising, Turriff Tourism Action Group has managed to raise £84,000 in total to have a sculpture of the famous Turra Coo commissioned, which is to be unveiled on Saturday November 20 at 2pm, by Rt Hon Alex Salmond MSP, Dr Eilidh Whiteford MP, and Provost Bill Howatson will take part in the unveiling ceremony.

Co-ops claim cheese championships

MILK CO-OPS First Milk and Milk Link chalked up major awards at the Nantwich International Cheese Show – the ‘world cup’ of cheese shows, attracting over 3200 cheeses worldwide.

Funding business skills for rural business women

Lantra, the Sector Skills Council for environmental and land-based industries has submitted a bid to help fund a new programme – ‘Business Skills for Rural Women’ which will be rolled out across eight areas in Scotland.

Share rural supersitions at the heavy horse show this weekend

Slimmers step onto the scales for the last time

Just twelve months ago, at The Royal Highland Show, five well known faces from the world of agriculture agreed to join Scottish Slimmers in their quest to raise the awareness of the difficulties that men face when trying to lose weight.

First for Philly

Only in The Scottish Farmer bake off, could you find the Gallagher brothers, Elvis, and Bugs Bunny all in the same tent as royalty.

Philippa triumphs in celebrity cake competition

By Karen Carruth
The Scottish Farmer's annual cake competition resulted in a nail biting climax this afternoon with Philippa Stephen's Bugs Bunny cake taking the top prize. Second was Catherine Laurenson with an impressive 'Welcome to Las Vegas, Elvis' cake, and third was taken by last year's winner Lynsey Clark with her Celebrity split cake featuring the Gallacher brothers from Oasis.

Foodies in for a real treat at the Highland

WITH MORE than 90% of the showgoing audience declaring that the food hall is one of the highlights of the weekend, organisers have pulled out all the stops to further impress with the best of quality produce that Scotland has to offer.

An action packed show planned for this year

Gardening Scotland this weekend

NO MATTER what size of garden you have, there will be something at Gardening Scotland 2010 this weekend to help improve your very own ‘great outdoors’.

New haggis and neeps sausage at Craigies!

Craigie’s Farm Deli and Café in South Queensferry has just announced the creation of a brand new sausage flavour in their café and butchery, in what is thought to be a world first!

Help raise funds to build a permanent memorial

Just last year the government finally recognised the tremendous selfless efforts of thousands of women who worked on the home front to provide food and timber during World War II as part of the Women’s Land Army.

Book review: Scotland’s Land Girls: Breeches, Bombers and Backaches

Book edited by Elaine M Edwards

Land Girls - Jean Forbes Paterson – former land girl

Jean Forbes Paterson, now 79, joined the Land Army when she was just out of school at 15 and a half.

Laurieknow gets their wellies on for charity

The children of p4 at Laurieknow Primary School in Dumfries have been very busy putting together a Wacky Wellies Fun Day.

Deeside Smokehouse wins food award

The Deeside Smokehouse of Dinnet, Aberdeenshire, has scooped a first place at this year’s Grampian Food Forum innovation awards for its hand cured wild game products.

Harvest holidays memories wanted

Hopscotch Films have been in touch to ask our readers to help them, as they are making a series for BBC Scotland about ‘The Films of Scotland’ – a collection of around 160 documentaries made between 1938 and 1982.

Spring poem

I walk the fields and look around at frost- bleached colours grey and brown

With Pride comes generosity

IN 2006 a group of young Scottish farmers and professionals with rural backgrounds joined together to raise money to help small scale farmers in Eastern Africa – and the Highlands and Pridelands ball was born.

Inaugural game and angling show already has impressive support

■ Country minded folk will not want to miss this event

Depression - tackling it within the farming industry

The Scottish Farmer lifestyle section is tackling a series of features on depression, offering information on where help is available and the causes of this common condition.

Donkey not behaving? This course will sort it out

IF YOU are a donkey lover then this will interest you.

Kirklees butcher’s holiday recipes quest

Kirklees butcher J Brindon Addy, the reigning national Meat Buyer of the Year in the annual Pig and Poultry Marketing Awards, is inviting consumers to submit their favourite holiday recipes in the run-up to 2010 National Butchers’ Week.

Upping the steaks at Craigie’s!

THE NEW butchery counter at Craigie’s Farm Deli and Café is bucking recent trends and prospering whilst giving the food lovers of central Scotland the highest quality meat for their dinner tables.

Scottish speciality food show - a haven for food lovers

A haven for food lovers, either the small farm shop owner looking for artisan products to add to their stock list, or for the discerning member of the public, is on its way to the SECC.

Aberdeenshire cheese company doubles in size to cope with demand

The Cambus O’May Cheese Company of Royal Deeside – which opened its doors for business just six months ago – has doubled the size of its team and its production in 2010 to cope with demand for its hand-made cheeses.

Farms urged to plan their marmalade strategies now

Farming families around the country are being encouraged to plan marmalade-making day in January, using their own or a secret family recipe, to be in the running for a prestigious marmalade prize.

Quest is on to find a ‘model’ cow to base ‘Turra coo’ sculpture on

The search is on for a White Ayrshire Shorthorn Cross cow on which to model Turriff’s newest art project.

Our boys jump back onto the scales publicly for the last time

THE HIGHLAND Show was the scene, just outside The Scottish Farmer stand, and five brave faces from the agricultural world sheepishly agreed to join in The Scottish Farmer/Scottish Slimmers slimathon, to help highlight the issues that men have when they need to lose weight.

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