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Farm income surges contrary to Tory gentleman farmer, Tim Eagle’s gloomy assessment

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From Scottish farm business income: annual estimates 2024-2025 last updated 21 April 2026, the above and: Average farm incomes rose in 2024-25, after experiencing some sharp declines in 2023-24. The increases are largely driven by higher livestock prices. Average farm income is around £58,800 in 2024-25. This is an increase of 30% (£13,400) from the previous year’s income of £45,400, which was the lowest income since 2019-20, after adjusting for inflation. The average farm made a profit of £500 from agricultural activity in 2024-25. Agricultural profit (agricultural output minus costs) is rarely seen for the average farm. This last happened … Continue reading Farm income surges contrary to Tory gentleman farmer, Tim Eagle’s gloomy assessment

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Scottish cereal harvest achieves a ten-year high! Enough to feed 7.5 million before we get to the salmon and whisky to wash it down

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Professor John Robertson OBA From Cereal and oilseed rape harvest: final estimates – 2025 published yesterday: Cereal production is up nearly 10% on the last days of Labour (Table 2 in Supporting Documents). How many people could survive for a year on a harvest of 3.14 million tonnes of cereal including 1 million tonnes of wheat, 363 thousand tonnes of winter barley, 1 556 tonnes of spring barley and 185 thousand tonnes of oats? This harvest (≈1.55 million tonnes of cereal, of which 1 million tonnes is wheat) could keep roughly 7.4 to 7.5 million people alive for one full … Continue reading Scottish cereal harvest achieves a ten-year high! Enough to feed 7.5 million before we get to the salmon and whisky to wash it down

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Labour long-planned to force Welsh farmers over same cliff edge as English farmers

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Support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/help-talking-up-scotland-tell-truth-about-scotland/payment/nBQxjVzq/details or by direct bank transfer method – Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 By stewartb Meanwhile in Wales …. From July 15: ‘NFU Cymru says improvements to SFS overshadowed by cliff edge transition’.(https://www.nfu-cymru.org.uk/news-and-information/nfu-cymru-says-improvements-to-sfs-overshadowed-by-cliff-edge-transition/) ‘Welsh Government’s decision to slash the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) by 40% for 2026 overshadows much of the positive work undertaken to improve the new Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS), says NFU Cymru.’ ‘Welsh Government has confirmed its intention to reduce the BPS to 60% of current payment levels in 2026, having previously reassured … Continue reading Labour long-planned to force Welsh farmers over same cliff edge as English farmers

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Increasing cases of Parkinson’s in Scotland – latest research into causes and Monsanto’s $8 billion US pay-outs

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Professor John Robertson OBA BBC UK has been featuring new technologies to assist people with Parkinson’s, today. Two days ago, the BMJ reported new research on the condition’s global surge in cases. The BMJ site was down as I wrote this but parkinson’s europe has this: A new modelling study published today in the BMJ (British Medical Journal) suggests there will be 25 million people living with Parkinson’s worldwide by 2050, more than doubling the current global prevalence of Parkinson’s. Researchers from Capital Medical University in Beijing, China, conducted this latest modelling study using data from the 2021 Global Burden of Disease … Continue reading Increasing cases of Parkinson’s in Scotland – latest research into causes and Monsanto’s $8 billion US pay-outs

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First the Tory Brexit betrayal, now Labour try to push Ayrshire farmers under a tractor with a boycott, surely they know to vote SNP now?

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Today in the Express: Outrage as Labour councillor calls for boycott of Scottish farms amid budget backlash. A Labour councillor has been branded “arrogant” after suggesting Scots farms should be boycotted amid growing anger at Rachel Reeves’ budget within the sector. Brian McGinley, who sits on South Ayrshire Council, made the call in response to suggestions of a farmers’ strike. Only two weeks ago they were using their grizzled media attack dog, John McTernan, to undermine farmers with similar threats. Scottish farmers are known to be Tory voters. Even the Depute First Ministers husband is a keen one. This support is illogical given the … Continue reading First the Tory Brexit betrayal, now Labour try to push Ayrshire farmers under a tractor with a boycott, surely they know to vote SNP now?