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The Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) participated in a roundtable event aimed at supporting Scotland's agriculture industry. Held in Edinburgh on 30 April 2025, the gathering brought together figures from Scotland’s agriculture sector and representatives from both the UK and Scottish Governments.

AIC’s team are constantly engaging with industry and stakeholders, the following list highlights this coming week’s key meetings.  

FEFAC publishes its Feed and Food Report 2024. This report covers key data from 2023 on compound feed production, feed material usage, industry turnover, and meat production and consumption statistics.

EURAGRI is hosting a virtual seminar on "The Soybean through World History: Protein Challenges for European Sustainable Agri-Food Systems," on May 7, 2025.

Members are encouraged to participate in a new consultation regarding a one-off increase for 2025 to certain charges within the Environmental Permitting and Abstraction Licensing Charging Scheme 2022 and the Waste Charging Scheme 2018.

Applications are now open for the Edgar Pye Research Scholarship 2025.

AIC’s team are constantly engaging with industry and stakeholders, the following list highlights this coming week’s key meetings.  

Download the Spring/Summer 2025 edition of the AIC Scotland Newsletter.

AIC has published an FAQ resource on the most common questions AIC receive regarding the combinable crops supply chains, as well as the supply of core inputs to agriculture.

The UK Government has launched a comprehensive Farming Profitability Review to ‘enhance the financial resilience and long-term sustainability of British agriculture’.

Innovate UK is set to host a launch webinar for the recently announced ADOPT (Accelerating Development of Practices and Technologies) funding on Wednesday 30 April, from 10:00 to 12:00.

AIC’s team are constantly engaging with industry and stakeholders, the following list highlights this coming week’s key meetings.  

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) and Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) have provided an update on the current situation regarding bird flu (avian influenza) in England, detailing the latest cases, restrictions, and guidance for bird keepers and the public.

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) and Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) have released the latest update on the foot and mouth disease (FMD) situation, providing crucial information on current cases, restrictions, and risk levels.