The starting gun has been fired on a possible second Scottish independence referendum and campaigners have hit the ground running.
Already Yes and No groups are seeking support - ranging from petitions, slogans and crowdfunding to projects for fact-checking and documenting the referendum.
Membership of the EU, access to UK and non-UK markets and currency arrangements have been listed as concerns for farming union NFU Scotland.
Although NFU Scotland remained neutral during the last referendum, a number of prominent farmers came out for and against independence.
Among the group in favour of independence were former NFUS presidents John Cameron, John Kinnaird, John Ross and Jim Walker.
They argued Scottish agriculture had been ill-served in EU negotiations by Defra ministers and having its own representation in Brussels would aid the sector.
The group against independence, named Rural Better Together and led by former NFUS presidents George Lyon and Sir Ian Grant, argued that independence would hinder the success of Scottish agriculture.
Trade fears
One of Scotland's biggest farmers has expressed trade fears over Scottish independence.
Glenrath Farms chairman John Campbell says he fears for the future of his business if Scots vote for independence in country's second referendum.
Glenrath, which is the biggest Scottish Borders-based agricultural employer with more than 200 workers, sells more than 1.5 million eggs every day to customers like Asda, Sainsbury’s and Tesco.
Some 80 per cent of the company’s output goes to other parts of the United Kingdom, and Campbell says he is worried about the implications of separating Scotland from Glenrath’s main market.
Campbell fears that Glenrath could lose access to the Lion mark if Scotland leaves the Union. And losing use of the Lion mark could result in Glenrath being excluded from supermarket supplier lists because the Lion is an absolute requirement to sell eggs to Britain’s major high street retailers, he says.
A petition opposing a second Scottish independence referendum has reached more than 126,000 signatures.
