Blog What does ‘re-balancing’ Scottish Agriculture mean asked NFU Scotland President Martin Kennedy, when addressing a reception at the Highland Show, hosted by Scottish-based UK law firm Shepherd and Wedderburn.
24/06/2022
News NFU Scotland has expressed its mounting frustration at the lack of response to its proposal for an ‘on-goers scheme’ that will offer a crucial lifeline to Scotland’s pig sector.
23/06/2022
News Scotland’s farmers and crofters are currently facing extreme financial uncertainty as a result of unprecedented pressure from input price inflation.
23/06/2022
News Production on Scotland’s farms and crofts is set to be scaled back as producers respond to unprecedented price increases for key inputs.
23/06/2022
News A group of nine seed potato growers from across Scotland, along with technical back-up, are putting together a new organisation to support and develop the seed potato sector.
22/06/2022
News NFU Scotland is inviting those who were unable to take part in the Union’s hugely successful roadshow tour earlier this month to join them online to discuss future agricultural policy in Scotland.
21/06/2022
News The ongoing post-Brexit ban on selling seed potatoes to the valuable European market continues to anger and frustrate Scottish growers.
21/06/2022
News The four UK farming unions have marked a milestone of 50 years of the British Agriculture Bureau (BAB) being established in Brussels, celebrating all it has achieved over the last half-century and its continued support of UK farmers and growers as it builds a new relationship with the European Union (EU).
21/06/2022
Blog NFU Scotland has today (16 June) joined fellow UK farming unions in celebrating the decision taken by UK Farming Unions to establish an office in Brussels in 1972 to represent the interests of UK farmers and growers.
16/06/2022
News NFU Scotland has welcomed an announcement from Scottish Government that it is to bring forward the timetable for crucial support payments by almost a month and provide cash flow certainty before the Highland Show.
16/06/2022