News With new requirements coming into force on 1 April for VAT-registered businesses with a taxable turnover about £85,000, NFU Scotland is reminding its members to ensure they are compliant.
29/03/2019
Blog Following the release of the Agricultural Census a fortnight ago, NFUS Pigs Chairman Jamie Wyllie discusses the statistics for Scotland’s pig farms and the Scottish Industry as a whole.
29/03/2019
Blog As farmers and crofters complete their Single Application Form (SAF), NFU Scotland Policy Manager for CAP Schemes Jenny Brunton sets out her top 10 pointers for SAF 2019.
27/03/2019
News Reports that the European Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCoPAFF) has voted against renewing the approval of fungicide chlorothalonil will rob Scottish growers of a vital plant protection product.
25/03/2019
News NFU Scotland is urging dog owners to be responsible and control their dogs on farmland when out and about this spring.
20/03/2019
News The UK farming unions have joined NFU Scotland in writing to Chancellor Philip Hammond warning that the recent UK applied tariff policy announcement is another example of how British farming will be damaged by a no-deal Brexit.
20/03/2019
News The beginning of March has seen three tractors stolen from farmers in the Fife area, which is on top of the significant increase seen in the area over the last three months, leading NFU Scotland, with Police Scotland, to issue a warning to all local farmers.
15/03/2019
News With the Single Application Form (SAF) window opening tomorrow (Friday 15 March), NFU Scotland is encouraging crofters and farmers to prioritise filling out their forms online before the 15 May deadline.
14/03/2019
News A north east farm is giving people the chance to meet its farm animals and learn about farming at an open event later this month.
13/03/2019
News Publication of the Government’s tariff schedule in the event of a no-deal Brexit has further exposed the catastrophic impact that a no deal would have on the nation’s farming; food and drink sectors and the wider rural economy.
13/03/2019