I was delighted to be a substitute member today on the Rural Affairs Working Group held at SRUC at Craibstone.  As well as admiring their artwork (see pictures), we received an excellent presentation from Chris Stockwell, Head of Agriculture & Business Management Department and Richard Huxtable, Head of Farms Group. We heard all about their teaching programmes and the SRUC Consultancy Services. SRUC work with a raft of partners across the North East, the rest of Scotland and the United Kingdom.

Committee were then updated on the Rural Internship Project, a joint initiative between Aberdeenshire Council, Ringlink and the Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society (SAOS).  The meeting concluded with an update on the Common Agriculture Policy Pillar One 2015-2020.