Blog Why don’t soft fruit and vegetable farms employ more local people? A recent survey of NFU Scotland’s horticultural members, carried out by Policy Manager David Michie, failed to find any farm that had a positive response to this question.
24/09/2021
News NFU Scotland is calling on NatureScot to reverse its decision to end valuable financial support for managing the damaging numbers of geese found on many Scottish islands.
22/09/2021
Blog Recycle Week 2021 is underway, and farmers and crofters can do their bit to ‘Step it Up’ writes NFU Scotland’s Environmental Resources Policy Manager Sarah Cowie.
22/09/2021
Blog The chair of NFU Scotland’s Pigs Committee, Jamie Wyllie asks: “Are Scottish pig producers facing the perfect storm... again?”
16/09/2021
News NFU Scotland has welcomed the announcement that, from autumn 2021, there will be an automatic ability for those with a full car driving licence to tow a trailer with a car without an additional test.
15/09/2021
News The announcement of further delays to post-Brexit import checks on agri-food products coming from the EU is a bitter blow to Scottish farmers and the nation’s food and drink sector.
15/09/2021
News As attention turns towards COP26, the UN’s annual climate summit which this year is being hosted in Glasgow between the 1-12 November, NFU Scotland launches a social media campaign which seeks to highlight some of the many positive steps Scottish agriculture has already made towards cutting emissions.
14/09/2021
News NFU Scotland is calling on the UK Government to address the nation’s growing labour crisis as it heads to Westminster to join other UK Farming Unions in celebrating #BackBritishFarmingDay on Wednesday 15 September.
14/09/2021
News NFU Scotland, Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) and SAC Consulting have joined together to host fact finding farm visits for an invited audience of local MSPs, MPs and Councillors. These visits aim to highlight the importance of sustainable food production for the country, and the benefits of agriculture to the Scottish economy.
08/09/2021
News NFU Scotland has welcomed the news that the personal development programme for women in agriculture has been launched, with participation commencing in October 2021 and applications for 2022 now live.
02/09/2021