News NFU Scotland and Scottish Land & Estates write to Scottish Government over increasing fly-tipping issue. The long list of incidents includes two tonnes of meat processing waste dumped in a Lanarkshire burn
12/08/2020
Blog NFU Scotland is continuing to push for change to address fuel filter blocking problems affecting Scottish agriculture according to Jamie Smart, Transport Advisor.
10/08/2020
News Scottish farmers and crofters have started to receive loan scheme offer letters from Scottish Government and NFU Scotland is urging recipients to ‘opt in’.
05/08/2020
News For the majority of families in Scotland the last few months have been the longest period since starting school that they have had their children at home, due to the Covid-19 lockdown.
05/08/2020
News A research project at Robert Gordon University (RGU) which explores the mental wellbeing of Scotland’s farmers is moving forward to develop and test a suitable intervention, hand-in-hand with farmers, to support their mental health and wellbeing now and in the future.
05/08/2020
News As pupils across Scotland receive their exam results today (Tuesday 4 August), NFU Scotland has joined by Lantra, the Young Farmers (SAYFC) and other organisations in highlighting the different career paths they can now take to get into agriculture.
04/08/2020
Blog I have grave concerns that members of our farming community are not taking Covid-19 seriously enough according to a concerned farmer with personal experience of the impact the disease can have.
04/08/2020
News NFU Scotland is urging the public to only buy seeds and plants from a trusted supplier and asks anyone who receives unsolicited parcels of plant seeds through the post to report it and not to plant them.
03/08/2020
Blog Scottish arable production and climate change. A blog by Dr Gemma Miller, the Scottish Environment, Food and Agriculture Research Institutes (SEFARI) fellowship with NFU Scotland.
03/08/2020
Blog Regional Land Use Partnerships could deliver a more targeted response to Scotland’s ambitious climate change targets writes Argyllshire farmer Angus MacFadyen.
31/07/2020