• Land reform report farce

    SIR, – I wrote a letter to your column a few months back to express my disbelief as a tenant farmer at the sad and inadequate effort which the RRWG made in its report on the rent review system.

  • LRRG report not fit for purpose

    SIR, – As a tenant farmers I thought that the Land Reform Review Group would come, listen and understand my situation.

  • New entrants' gratitude

    SIR, – The New Entrants Group would like to thank The Scottish Farmer very much on behalf of all new entrants for the excellent article "farming at the sharp end" in your publication last week.

  • Who sets the agenda of Scottish ag-policy?

    Sir, – The cabinet secretary is fighting for new entrants (letters 18/5/13) and in his letter lists the achievements as progress on future CAP.

  • Lochhead – I am fighting for new entrants

    Sir, – I am writing in response to your front page article in the May 4 issue, entitled "End This Farce", which was critical of the way Scottish Government is supporting new entrants to farming and would like to respond to some of the issues raised in the article.

  • Another tale of broken promises

    Sir – Thank you for eventually printing a piece that highlights a tale of woe in the renewables sector.

  • Guidelines are being ignored

    Sir, – The statement made by STFA last week, that there are still landlords leaving rent reviews to the last minute and furthermore seeking substantial rent rises is, contrary to SLE's suggestion, based on the hard facts of actual examples across the country.

  • Why should Defra change?

    SIR, – Is John Cameron (letters, April 27) serious in his suggestion that we should be thinking of voting for independence on the narrow issue of whether 7% or 12% of agricultural subsidies should be tied to the numbers of livestock kept?

  • Industry accord on livestock numbers

    SIR, – I had the privilege of attending the Scottish Meat Wholesalers Conference in Glasgow, last Saturday.

  • Sheep are our tick saviours

    SIR, – Your issue April 6, page 7, has two headlines that are absolutely linked, ie, tenfold lyme's disease increase and Trossachs forest gets £848,000 – what an absolute waste of Heritage Lottery money.