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Young Farmer of the Year 2021, Tom Bruce

Time to overhaul public perceptions of farming
THE DIRECTION of Scottish agriculture is currently unclear and clarity is needed sooner rather than later.

Best lady was awarded to Megan Thom of Strathmore JAC

Strathmore JAC swing to the top of the leaderboard

A fantastic panel for the west region agri and rual affairs night

Agri affairs panel night to encourage members to future-proof their businesses

A mix of bakers, box packers and drivers from the club who took part in the fundraising event

Lesmahagow YF's 'Cake Crate' fundraiser serves up support for RSABI

East Kilbride and District Young Farmers Club have received The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

East Kilbride YFs win prestigious Queen's Award

British Wool announces Duncan McDiarmid as the Scotland winner of development programme

Aberfeldy Young Farmer wins a year of training with British Wool

The first meeting held by the newly formed Banks of Tay YFC

Carse of Gowrie JAC and Perth JAC unite to form Banks of Tay YFC

SAYFC west chair, Gayle Allan

SAYFC: The best years of your life

ONSTAGE at the Ayr Gaiety Theatre for the 'Best Show Ever'

Revisiting the West YFs 'Best Show Ever'

Andrew Frank, Debbie Dawkins, Ian Armstrong, Olivia Kelly and Rhona Earnshaw were part the winning team from SRUC in the Farmer Planner competition

SRUC students win UK agricultural competition

which career will you choose?

Which career is for you?

Road to recovery for SAYFC

HRH Prince Charles sends a video message to Scottish young farmers thanking them for their resilience during the pandemic and their ongoing support in producing food and sustainably managing the land

HRH Prince of Wales pays personal tribute to SAYFC

New President of the SAYFC Young Farmers, Bill Arnott

SAYFC restructures for clearer times ahead

Gayle Allan to lead SAYFC West region

Murray Stephen takes over the reins of the SAYFC North region

Lucy Mitchell takes on SAYFC East region chair

Chair of Agri and Rural Affairs, Catherine Sloan. SAYFC Share results of their ‘Shaping Scottish Agriculture’ survey (Eilidh Robertson Photography)

Young Farmers look to the industry's future

SAYFC national chair Gemma Bruce praised for her resilience in leading members over the past 12 months

Young Farmers clubs offered £1500 each to help them recover from lockdown losses

SAYFC president Andy Peddie

Dwindling members put SAYFC under financial pressure

SAYFC east region vice chair, Lucy Mitchell

AGM Season - Take on a role, get stuck in and have enormous fun!

SAYFC Member of the Year finalists 2021

Cara Gilbert lifts prestigious Member of the Year title

ALBAS Overall Winner Niall Provan

Tillicoultry's Niall Provan sweeps success at the ALBAS 2021

SAYFC's Jenny Campbell share advice for young farmers on cyber crime

Young Scottish farmers and crofters Targeted by cyber criminals

Forfar JAC's charity efforts raise £1200 for Cancer Research UK-Kirriemuir

Forfar JAC's charity efforts pay off

ONE YFC member each from Scotland, England, and Wales can win a place on British Wool's new training and development programme

British Wool offers young farmers free shearing training

Shaun MacLeod with his work colleague at Matheson’s, Kevin Innes

Shaun MacLeod – a farming talent on the rise

Adam Mathison was given the all clear to return home this January after receiving support at Huntlyburn Ward in Melrose

Back from the brink: A Young Farmer’s story

Dentist and Mauchline YFC member Eilidh Ramsay joins the national vaccine effort

Young Farmers helping to fight Covid-19

Zoë Wilson edited all the videos for the concert and put on a fantastic performance herself as the Joker on the final night

Kimaurs YFC take to the virtual stage this Lockdown

Learning about lambing this Lockdown with Victoria Johnston

Lockdown learning from farm to fork with Forfar JAC

Crossroads chairman David Smith Addressing the Haggis during the club's live facebook event

Crossroads bring in burns night

Take time out to give your mental health a boost

Forfar JAC and Bell Baxter ADS top the east regions quiz leaderboard

Forfar JAC and Bell Baxter ADS crowned east region quiz champions

'BIGGAR'S BURNS Supper' is one the club's highlights of the YF syllabus, so they decided to celebrate the evening with a lockdown twist. On January 23, members had the opportunity to collect a pre ordered burns meal from the Elphinstone Ho

Biggar Young Farmers celebrate Burns Night in style

Over 55 YFC members attended the virtual North Region Quiz night

New Deer YFC and Kinneff YFC crowned kings in the north

Sixteen members of Aberfeldy and District JAC recited Tam o'Shanter as a Burns Night treat for members. Fione Cruikshank and her very own 'grey mare Meg' starred in the video.

Aberfeldy young farmers deliver Tam o' Shanter tribute to Burns

Jock Gibson of Macbeths Butchers, Forres, lost 60 -70% of their business overnight at the start of Lockdown and had to explore new routes to customers

Grasp this opportunity to showcase the sector and sell your story

Young adults living in rural areas were hit hard by social isolation during the pandemic

Young adults hit hardest by loneliness in rural Scotland during pandemic

West Fife YFC raffle for charity

Heather Wildman of Saviour Assoicates led the workshops specifically designed for SAYFC members

Future planning workshops hailed a success by SAYFC members

Cocktail making on zoom for members of East Kilbride YFC

A busy 2020 for Club of the Year winners East Kilbride

Agri Affairs Webinar to take place this January 13

Agri Affairs webinar to explore opportunities in year ahead

SRUC Principal and Chief Executive Wayne Powell (Photo: Ed Robertson)

Wishing for student campuses to bustle with life again

Secretary of SSS YFC, Kathryn Dick, delivering a hamper - provided by The Courtyard Café at Knockraich Farm - to the nurses of Blanefield Care Home, Blanefield. The club also delivered two further hampers from The Smiddy, at Blair Drummond and

SSS members deliver hampers to local carehome's

Members of Bankfoot JAC came together to fill 80 bags of Perthshire potatoes - kindly donated by the Smith family at Pitmurthly - which were split between food banks and soup kitchens across Perth.

Perthshire potatoes from Pitmurthly bagged for charity

Chief Executive of SAYFC, Penny Montgomerie

Building a stable and healthy future for Young Farmers

Forfar JAC members donned their gardening gloves and got to work at Langlands School in a bid to clear their garden which had become overgrown and unusable. It is hoped that their efforts will allow its pupils to learn about growing plants and their own

Forfar JAC clears the way for future learning

A chilly Christmas Eve dip for Ayr YF's

A chilly Christmas Eve dip for Ayr YF's

Coming up the Glamis Castle driveway, fifty tractors turned out for the Forfar Young Farmers charity road run on Christmas Eve, which raised £1400 for cancer research on a twenty mile circuit around the Kirriemuir area (Pic: Ron Stephen

Forfar YFs hit the road

SAYFC View: December's Digital Detox

SAYFC chair, Gemma Bruce, is urging individuals to sign up to mentor the next generation

SAYFC mentoring appeal to past members and supporters

Laura McCulloch from Stranraer and Rhins crowned West Miss Young Farmer 2020

West Mr and Miss Young Farmer is a zoom success

SAYFC’s National Council members wearing their new face maks

SAYFC - First class masks for members delivered