News NFU Scotland has welcomed an amendment to the Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC) rule to allow for hedge cutting to take place prior to the sowing of oilseed rape and grass during the month of August.
25/06/2018
News Farming and fisheries leaders have joined forces to urge the Scottish Government to ensure sufficient resources are available to deliver the capacity that will be needed to implement trade and export policy after the country leaves the EU.
22/06/2018
News With livestock worrying continuing to blight Scottish farms and crofts, NFU Scotland is pursuing several legislative changes and seeking tougher sanctions.
21/06/2018
News For the second year in a row, NFU Scotland members are being given the opportunity to win an all-expenses paid trip to the prestigious Oxford Farming Conference in January.
21/06/2018
News Nine months from the UK’s expected departure from the European Union and Scotland’s farmers and crofters remain in the dark over crucial details on Scottish agriculture’s funding package; our likely trading arrangements with Europe and access to non-UK permanent and seasonal labour.
21/06/2018
News NFU Scotland has welcomed the launch of Scottish Government’s consultation on the future of Scottish agricultural support post-Brexit.
20/06/2018
News NFU Scotland has very serious concerns regarding the future of Scotland’s Less Favoured Areas Support Scheme (LFASS) which it has raised, in writing, with the European Commission.
19/06/2018
News Milk producers in Kintyre are committed to building a positive future for dairy production in the region.
15/06/2018
News NFU Scotland has written to Aberdeenshire councillors asking them to back planning proposals for development at Thainstone, Inverurie, when they consider the application next week.
NFU Scotland has written to Aberdeenshire councillors asking them to back planning proposals for development at Thainstone, Inverurie, when they consider the application next week.
13/06/2018
News Former Scottish Land and Estate Projects and Research Manager Dr Andrew Midgley is NFU Scotland’s new Environment and Land Use (ELU) Policy Manager.
13/06/2018