Biggest farming issues in focus at Thainstone event
Legal and tax planning specialist Turcan Connell is hosting the Post Budget Farming Breakfast.
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Gallery: Mearns Young Farmers dance night away at annual dinner
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Their get together was timely opportunity for some fun before busy time on farms.
Gallery: Thousands flock to Thainstone for Spring Show
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Young and old alike are enjoying curtain-raiser to Scotland's agricultural show season.
Retired Aberdeenshire farmer grows monster carrot
Ninety-year-old Arthur Nicol still helps out on family farm at Westerord Skene, near Westhill
Moray vet launching third children’s book at Spring Show
Her fictional character, Shona, trims a cow’s hooves, gives inoculations to a pony and helps a sunburnt pig.
Farming fever building in run-up to big Spring Show
The Royal Northern Agricultural Society's 2025 event at Thainstone has two new sponsors and, for the first time, online ticket sales
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Free bacon rolls, farmers, tractors and where to find them
North abattoir takes pork and lamb off menu to focus purely on beef
Inverurie architect is Doddie Champion after north-east tractor run
Gallery: Young farmers’ Christmas tractor run raises funds for charity
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Plucky pair ready for Christmas turkey rush at Ledmacoy Farm
