Mairi Gougeon

Mairi Gougeon is the latest SNP MSP to announce she's had enough (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Shaky future ahead for SNP with third of MSPs to go

The Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood in Edinburgh. Picture: PA

Third SNP Cabinet minister announces resignation from politics

The vast glasshouse is part of a multi-million-pound redevelopment and modernisation project at Newton Nursery near Elgin. Picture: Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS)

Greenhouse size of two football pitches can grow 19 million trees a year

Plans to create a national park in Galloway have proved controversial

Council backs plans for new national park despite 'upset'

Plans to create a national park in Galloway have proved controversial

New National Park plan poised for referendum amid council concerns

An interactive map showing information about publicly-owned land, as well as land managed by Scottish Crown Estate, has been created.

New map sheds fresh information on Scotland's publicly owned land

The NFU gathered outside the Scottish Parliament.

Watch: Two major protests at Holyrood with tractor on front steps

Galloway becoming Scotland's next national park is currently under consultation

Referendum over national park binned as independent review demanded

Some of the hill range in the Galloway Forest Park

'There's a third option': Alternative boundary drawn for national park

Crop trials

Farm Advisory Service secures vital three-year extension

The herring gulls have caused injuries to several children

Council plea for powers to cull 'menace' seagulls over town attacks

The summit of Corn An Tuirc in Glenshee in the Cairngorm National Park.

How much are Scotland's national parks really worth?

A view of a forest in Galloway

Site for Scotland's next national park 'extremely tough' choice

A computer-generated image of the new building, which is expected to complete in late 2025 and will be called Camas House. Picture: contributed.

The £8m boost that will mean jobs for rural Scotland destination

Scottish Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon.

Senior SNP minister says UK counterpart ignored her for seven months

The commission's conference is set to bring together the leaders of the land reform debate.

Packed event to focus on leadership in land reform

Hannah Fennell (SFF Chair), Mairi Gougeon and Elspeth Macdonald (SFF CEO)

Cabinet Secretary signs pledge to protect fishing

ScotLink members says breeding of low-emissions livestock - which expel lower levels of climate-warming methane when they burp - should be incentivised in Scotland's new agriculture bill

Warning over Scottish agricultural subsidies amid 'deeply concerning' decision

Exclusive 'It's hugely depressing': Ten million trees to go to waste after budget cuts

Jenny Gilruth MSP and Mairi Gougeon with schools staff and pupils.

Politicians celebrates Learning Outside the Classroom at Lathallan School

Farmers drive their tractors on the ring road of Rennes, western France, on February 1 (Photo by SEBASTIEN SALOM-GOMIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Here's why discontent in Scotland's farming industry is different to EU protests

Four-year-old Loader, who weighs about 1,350 kilos, is the farm's most sought after bull (pic: Roxburgh Mains)

Scottish farmer secures global business deal selling cow genetics

Aberdeenshire West MSP Mr Burnett

Disappointment as no government cash for Deeside salmon counter

Calls have been made to Humza Yousaf to return the remaining £46 million of funding to the Scottish agriculture budget when he addresses the NFUS Conference next week (pic: Lisa Ferguson/The Scotsman)

Humza Yousaf urged to return £46m to agriculture budget

Puffins, found around the Scottish coast and islands, are at risk due to an increasing scarcity of their main food source – the sandeel, which is a victim of overfishing and the impacts of climate change

How a sandeel fishing ban could help seabirds, whales and dolphins

A beaver swimming in murky lake water. Picture: Getty Images

Cairngorm farmers 'worse off' living in national park boundary

Funding for woodland creation in Scotland has been slashed by 41 per cent (pic: David Cheskin)

Scotland to fail woodland planting target again after funding cut by nearly half

Former SNP president Michael Russell has been appointed to head up the Scottish Land Commission. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Michael Russell as Scottish Land Commission chair prompts 'erosion of trust'

The Scottish Government's Land Reform Bill is set to be introduced in early 2024. Picture: Katharine Hay/The Scotsman

Reform of 'archaic' land ownership crucial to economic future, new report claims

Michael Russell's quango job is a sign of how SNP has silenced dissent Brian Wilson

Why the Scottish Government wants change around land ownership Mairi Gougeon

Atlantic salmon female, on its migration up river to spawn pic: Linda Pitkin

Scotland's Atlantic salmon declared endangered because of government failures

Scottish Land Reform Bill delayed after 'sheer number of consultation responses

Fishermen have broadly welcomed the outcome of the fisheries talks.

Quota increases welcomed by SFF

The Rural Affairs Secretary at AgriScot 23.

Farming skills for the next generation

Fort William from the air

Why Scotland's rural economy is bursting with talent and potential

An alliance of over 130 coastal businesses, fishing organisations and environmental groups are urging the Scottish Government to act “faster and smarter” to ensure new vessel tracking plans safeguard the future of small-boat fishing fleets and protect the environment (pic: Our Seas)

Coalition demands ministers vessel tracking focus on entire trawler fleet

Wild salmon are an iconic species in Scotland

Ministers launch project to calculate value of wild salmon in Scotland

The Basic Payment Scheme and Greening advance payments, which are two weeks ahead of last year’s first payments, started to reach bank accounts on Tuesday and will be paid to over 13,000 businesses across Scotland (pic: Lisa Ferguson)

Farming and crofter payments brought forward to aid post Brexit pay transition

According to the Cairngorms National Park Authority: “(The Caledonian Forest) is estimated to have reached a maximum coverage of 1.5 million hectares around 5,000 BCE.”

Explainer 15.7. Scottish trees cut for wind farms, our forestry heritage

Rebecca Smith graduated from Glasgow Caledonian University in 2021.

Calls for paramedics' student debt to be written off

SNP has accused the UK Government's environment secretary for "snubbing" Scotland's rural sector after rejecting invites to give evidence at Holyrood (pic: Sandra Angers Blondin)

SNP slams UK Government for 'snubbing' rural sector - but can it talk?
Environment secretary Thérèse Coffey came under fire this week after she dodged three letters inviting her to give evidence to Holyrood’s rural affairs committe...

Scotland's Agriculture Bill is due to be tabled this year. Picture: Sandra Angers Blondin

What is Scotland's Agriculture Bill and what does it mean for farmers?

Scottish farming: There is more common ground than we might think

The Scottish Conservatives have attacked the SNP for apparent lack of movement around the Agriculture Bill.

SNP accused of a 'kick in the teeth' to rural communities

Royal Highland Show Machine Sheep shearing final winner Gwion Evans of Wales (pic: Scott Louden)

That's a wrap for Royal Highland Show with tickets already on sale for next year

Farmers in Scotland are still waiting on both the UK and Scottish governments for more clarity on how the future subsidy payment system will be funded (pic: Lisa Ferguson)

Why the first two days of Royal Highland Show have felt bittersweet

Farmers call for Scottish Government to control 'hardening' Green agenda

Exclusive Farmers face more conditions to be eligible for post-Brexit subsidy payments

Farmers in Scotland have been denied permission to use Asulox (pic: Brian Walker)

Farmers denied use of herbicide to control spread of bracken

Fiona Hyslop. Picture: Fraser Bremner - WPA Pool/Getty Images

Humza Yousaf appoints Fiona Hyslop as new transport minister

Analysis of the Scottish Government's consultation on the proposed Land Reform Bill have been released (Katharine Hay/The Scotsman)

Land Reform consultation highlights little trust in Scottish Government

The projects promise to create new haulage routes away from busy villages, build passing places on narrow roads, upgrade existing fragile highways and promote the shipping of timber by sea. Picture: Creel Maritime Ltd

String of Scottish timber transport projects to benefit from £4m funding

The first deals struck by the UK post-Brexit will come into force on Wednesday. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Scotland’s producers deserve better than ‘rushed through’ UK trade deals

First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf has been urged to appoint a junior minister to support the rural affairs portfolio (Andy Buchanan/PA)

Humza Yousaf urged to appoint extra help for 'immense' rural affairs portfolio

Rural affairs secretary Mairi Gougeon says there will be "no cliff edges" when it comes to financial support for farmers in Scotland (pic: PA)

'There will not be cliff edges when it comes to support for farmers'

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

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