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Police Scotland is working with partners to showcase how soil samples can be used as potential forensic opportunities to help tackle rural crime across the country

A nearly zero-cost test using a 2mm sieve and a washing-up bowl could help farmers discover valuable information about the health of their soils

Arable farmers face crucial choices this autumn about how much — or indeed whether — to cultivate soils.

The farming bank is set to offer free soil carbon analysis for every one of its loan customers, providing valuable new insights into more than 120,000 hectares of the nation’s farmland