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Rural Britain is a wonderful assortment of farms, estates, hamlets, villages, forests and moors, lochs and valleys. Our stunning scenery, close communities and wonderful rural businesses provide an idyllic lifestyle for many, but rural life can also throw up some pretty unique challenges.

The Rural Scene (the Scene & Herd rural blog and news updates) looks at what’s new, what’s relevant, what’s tasty, what’s fun and what’s challenging about life in the Great British Countryside. We offer an insider insight into rural Britain, highlighting some of the exceptional people, businesses and innovations we believe that everybody should know about.

July 2023

Like so many of our clients, Scene & Herd team members are juggling family responsibilities alongside our business and farming commitments. Please be assured that if we are on a call and your children need you, or someone comes to the door, we'll be happy to wait or rearrange. We know school holidays can be a struggle so let’s all support each other!

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OnFARM Podcast: 150th episode Highland Show 'Pitch a Pod' competition

OnFARM's 150th episode! To celebrate this milestone, we gave Highland Show go-ers the chance to pitch us their ideas for future podcast subjects. Hear our shortlist of the ideas that we heard, and find out which lucky winner will get their own future episode, to be sponsored by our partners Bell Ingram.

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Now is the Time to Increase Investment in Leadership Development

SAOS, NFU Scotland and NFU Mutual have come together once again to offer an opportunity for agri businesses of all sizes to place greater emphasis on investing in leadership skills development. Scottish agriculture has always faced challenge and uncertainty with boldness and innovation, but current times can best be managed by adding investment in people, their adaptability, and their strategic thinking to the sector’s ‘toolkit’.

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OnFARM Podcast: Helping It Happen awards from SLE: what it means to win (3 of 3)

Eagle populations have been boosted in the South of Scotland to their highest numbers for decades, thanks to The South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project (SSGEP), a collaborative project between land managers and conservationists. Rick Taylor joins Anna to talk about their work.

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OnFARM Podcast: Royal Highland Show 2023: OnFARM round-up

From the cattle ring, to the Highland Hall and the machinery lines and everywhere in between, Monty and Dave catch up with the Sheep Game's Cammy Wilson, celebrate the Highland Pony Society's centenary with president Sylvia Ormiston, and check in with veteran Kelso stockman Keith Redpath, ahead of his prestigious task of judging the beef interbreed teams.

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