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A letter to the editor

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Letter QMS chair Kate Rowell responds to a readers' letter

Letter to the editor

Letter Budget cut is a bitter blow for farmers

A letter to the editor

Letter Upland farming mirrors the Dodo's fate

Throughout Scotland's history, agriculture has played a pivotal role in supporting the country during times of conflict.

Remembrance Sunday Remembrance Sunday and the Agricultural Roots of Scotland

We are informed of methane's Global Warming Potential being 25 times greater than carbon dioxide

Letter Methane has a Global Warming Potential 25 times that of carbon dioxide

Patrick Sleigh talks flooding

Letter Addressing urgent agricultural challenges post-Storm Babet to safeguard the sector

Mr Waugh writes to the editor

Letter Scottish Government's missteps prompt UPL Europe to ditch Asulam for bracken control

Cabinet Secretary has sold out to the forestry lobby

Letter Quotes from Mairi Gougeon demonstrate that she has sold out to the forestry lobby

Letter Congratulations to Ken Fletcher on his retirement

Letter Russia and Ukraine conflict: Level headed politicians needs to sit down and talk

More food grown at home please

Letter One of the first duties of government is to promote agricultural prosperity

Would a drive to tenderness mean bland and floppy meat?

Letter The drive for tenderness will make bland and floppy meat

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Letter No mandate for introducing digital grain passports

Letter Fighting with kid gloves

Hamish Waugh wants to lose the tail that wags the dog!

Letter First Minister poorly briefed on farming and rural matters

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Mark Tennant chairman of SLaE

Letter Appalling misuse of Government money for some planting grants

IT needs to be right for future payments

Letter The future IT payments' system should be cheaper, adaptable and flexible

Wool is a great product, but for clothing it needs to be practical according to this letter writer

Letter Wool is great ... but it needs to be practical for clothing!

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The National Trust for Scotland has responded to claims that locals have not totally backed plans for a deer cull in Glen Coe and Glen Etive

Letter NTS response to gamekeepers' 'poll' on Glen Coe deer cull

Since Brexit we have been playing Russian Roulette with national food supplies

Letter Playing Russian Roulette with the nation's food security

William Moses believes farmers are the original enviromentalists

Letter Farmers being snared by empty promises by 'conditionality'

Yes paparework does give you headaches ... especially at busy times

Letter Yet another tale of inspection bureaucracy gone mad

Crofting does have a role to play in climate change mitigation due to its high nature value

Letter Crofting ideally placed to deliver High Nature Value farming

Red Deer venison also comes with some assurance

Letter Scottish venison and its 'assured' status

Letter Queen's Coronation day and finding out who 'Grumpy' was!

Letter Why don't we join the Greens and influence their policies?

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SNP MSP Jim Fairlie responds to Conservative MSP Rachel Hamilton

Letter SNP MSP Jim Fairlie responds to Tory plans for Scottish farming

A obstructive attitude towards increasing national grid capacity is slowing the development of renewable energy

Letter Renewables being held back by not meeting demands to increase grid capacity

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Kevin Gilbert is asking questions

Letter Supporting fellow pig farmers in their time of need

Questions are being raised

Letter Questions raised about the sanctions process on farm assurance

Letter Badgers 'not guilty' of predation on lambs – Scottish Badgers' chair

We don't need genetic engineering to be better farmers argues Denise Walton

Letter Trust least those with a vested interest at heart

There needs to be trust in any review of farm tenancies

Letter Time for Land Reform to come down on the side of the tenant

Keeping cattle in rural areas should be more of a priority for government, argues Patrick Sleigh

Letter Well done Westray farmers on highlighting farming's plight

Letter Farming's future payments need to get back to basics and start with a soil sample

Generations of farmers have shaped the landscape with tenanted acres, therefore they should have a value, argues James Grant

Letter Why tenancies should still have a value at relinquish

You cannot buy land in Ukraine ... and that's a good thing argues Duncan Pickard

Letter Ukraine should stick to 'no land sales' after the war

Livestock are vital to the rural economy on many fragile areas in Scotland's Highlands and Islands

Letter Westray farmers' statistics a beacon for the rest of Scotland

Farmers should record all incidences of badger predation on livestock, reckons Patrick Sleigh

Letter Farmers must play their bit in highlighting badger predation

Brian Richardson head of agriculture with Virgin Money

Letter Virgin Money's Brian Richardson: Scotland's 'slower' approach might not be so bad

Simply removing cattle numbers is not the answer to climate change issues

Letter Objective analysis needed – reduced livestock number argument overplayed

Robert Gilchrist

Letter Consider native breeds before waving goodbye to the cows

Hamish Waugh: 'We should be worried about food safety'

Letter Food safety being put at risk by poor border management and controls

Livestock have been proven to improve soil health

Letter The perpetuation of wrong facts about agriculture and the environment?

Maintaining soil health is the way to ensure a sustainable farming industry

Letter Looking at more natural ways of sequestering carbon in soil

Fertiliser is an essential for modern farming ... but it could be cheaper, argues Angus Macdonald

Letter Why can't fertiliser revert back to a global trade?

Soil health is key to improving biodiversity

Letter New funding means now is the time to review your natural capital

Most farmers are price takers no price makers

Letter Price setting – The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth

Judging underway in the Ayrshire classes at the recent AgriScot event Ref:RH161122060 Rob Haining / The Scottish Farmer

Letter Well done to all concerned in producing a great AgriScot

Agro-forestry at work, showing that livestock can co-exist with tree planting. So could this be a way forward for ScotGov's tree planting ambitions?

Letter Time for Government to listen to the small 'we' on trees

Letter Sir Ian Grant and his role in our record-breaking wheat crop

Crowds waiting to get in to AgriScot Ref:RH161122057 Rob Haining / The Scottish Farmer...

Letter Huge thanks for making the magic of AgriScot happen – Robert Neill

More cows and less trees please

Letter More cows and less trees please – Stephen Withers

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