Scottish Agricultural College awards to honour to Fergusson

ALEX Fergusson MSP, the Presiding Officer in the Scottish parliament, has been awarded an honorary fellowship by the Scottish Agricultural College, in recognition of his "outstanding services to rural affairs in Scotland".

Fergusson has had a long and extensive career, combining farming, rural affairs and politics. He was raised on a beef and sheep farm in Ayrshire and gained a diploma in agriculture at SAC's campus in Ayr in 1970.