Humza Yousaf has been urged to “stop using farmers as a scapegoat” and return the remaining £46 million of funding to the Scottish agriculture budget.
The Met Office has issued a yellow warning as high winds are set to return across the north.
Farmers and crofters are being encouraged to join the count in February as it enters another decade.
Public Health Scotland is encouraging the public to take up its MMR vaccine offer after a laboratory-confirmed measles case today.
A yellow Met Office warning for strong winds in association with Storm Jocelyn remains in place.
An amber warning for wind has been issued for the Highlands, northern coast and part of the Moray Firth coast from 6pm today until 8am on Wednesday.
A strong jet stream is pushing another low-pressure system off the Atlantic across northern Scotland bringing wet and windy weather for Tuesday night.
A further spell of strong west or south-westerly winds is likely to affect most of Scotland from Tuesday evening.
All services across the country will be suspended from 7pm tonight (Sunday) and there will be no rush hour services on Monday morning.
The public are being warned to prepare for a 12-hour spell of 'very strong, damaging winds'.
Several schools are closed today, with others looking at later opening times to allow for safe travel.
An Amber warning for snow remains in force for northern parts of Scotland, but a change to wet and windy weather is on the way for many areas.
This weekend will see a change in weather as strong winds follow on from the recent snow across the north.
Several schools have been closed to staff and pupils after overnight snow across the area.
An Amber warning has been issued for northern parts of Scotland as winter hazards continue to dominate the weather.
The Co-op's loyalty scheme of 2p for every £1 spent on own brand products will be replaced with a range of member-exclusive prices and deals.
Throughout Wednesday and Thursday frequent snow showers will continue to push inland across parts of Scotland.
Overnight snow has led to the closure of dozens of schools across the north-east.
Top north-east ploughers including Elgin's Katie McDonald were welcomed to Blindmills, near Fyvie in Aberdeenshire for the Grampian Supermatch final.
The latest Met Office update has seen a yellow warning issued for snow on Tuesday and Wednesday in the northern parts of Scotland.
