Record Breaking Year for Show
AgriScot, the agricultural business event, has recorded the highest attendance in its 24-year history as well as a significant increase in participation in their Dairy Classes, Silage and Business Skills Competitions.
Welcoming close to 12,000 visitors, with over 240 trade stands, the event continues to be recognised as the largest indoor event of its kind in Scotland.
The event demonstrated a packed programme, including a full seminar with Jim Fairlie, Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity of Scotland, announcing additional funding for the Future Farming Investment Scheme (FFIS) taking it to £21.4 million across over 1,600 applicants.
In his speech, he said “The scheme was competitive, with over 7,700 applications worth in excess of £77 million. I know there will be many who applied who will have been disappointed not to be successful in this round. There is no getting away from that. Going forward we will review the scheme to better understand what worked and where improvement could be made, to ensure it is more tightly targeted for any future rounds of the scheme.
“Officials have also undertaken further assurance checks on the assessment of applications for FFIS. As a result of those checks, areas designated as Common Grazings have been removed when verifying the total area of land occupied by a crofting business for assessment purposes. We have also added a further source of data to verify Organic Certification and therefore determine eligibility. Officials have revalidated those further applications following these assurance checks and will now be able to issue a further 122 offers of grant, mainly to crofting and island businesses.”
The 25th AgriScot will take place on Wednesday 18th November 2026.
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