This week we are covering the ever-rising cost of farming as electricity have quadrupled in the last year.
Meanwhile farmers with renewables are locked into contracts which means they are seeing little benefit to the rise.
Read more: Julie Wight outlines what’s in the Business sections of this week’s issue (20th August 2022)
Shetland is considering import charges to protect their high health status after a tup with scab came in this summer resulting in 10,000 sheep needing dipped.
And finally we hear from SEPA how recent rains means irrigation can start on the Eden again but parts of the Tweed are going to be restricted
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