Blog As President of NFU Scotland, meeting with others, collaborating and listening is an everyday part of my role. Being the head of NFU Scotland, an organisation that aims to improve and secure the future of our industry so its members can continue to produce high quality food in a profitable manner is something I certainly enjoy. However, just like on the farm, some days can be more challenging than others.
30/06/2021
News NFU Scotland President, Martin Kennedy, has written to Pilgrim’s, the processing partner of Scotland’s largest abattoir located in Brechin, to urge them to stop operating pricing practices that are threatening the survival of the Scottish pig sector.
29/06/2021
News NFU Scotland have partnered with Scotland’s leading outdoor equipment and clothing retailer Tiso and Scottish Chef, BBC presenter and Tiso Ambassador Nick Nairn, to highlight the ever-growing issue of abuse of Scottish scenic spots, farmlands and outdoor spaces by uneducated wild campers who have descended on Scotland during lockdown.
28/06/2021
Blog Agritourism and selling farm produce direct presents opportunities for many of Scotland’s farmers and crofters to be in control of their own economic destiny at a time when businesses will have to adapt in a new post-Brexit world writes Caroline Millar, chair of NFU Scotland’s East Central Region.
28/06/2021
News South Ayrshire farmers have met with local authority officials to show the positive response of the industry to climate change and its ability to supply fresh, tasty, sustainable, local food.
24/06/2021
News This summer the standard petrol grade on garage forecourts in the UK will become E10. Currently, UK petrol is E5, meaning it contains up to 5 per cent bioethanol. E10 petrol will see the amount of bioethanol increase to 10 per cent.
22/06/2021
Blog The farming sector must prioritise the labour and skills shortages we face or suffer consequences warns NFU Scotland’s Skills Development Policy Manager George Jamieson.
21/06/2021
News Unearthing Farming Lives was produced by Pink Sphynx Media in partnership with NFU Scotland, Aberdeenshire Council, Robert Gordon University (RGU) and Samaritans, and launched yesterday (16 June) via Zoom.
17/06/2021
News Concerns for Scotland’s farmers and crofters remain over precedent set by ‘agreement in principle’
15/06/2021
Blog I lose track of exactly when COVID started rearing its ugly head, but one thing is for certain - we have lost two Highland Shows and all the local shows which we look forward to going to each year. Not to mention every other social event, albeit a wedding, christening or funeral which we have not been able to attend.
15/06/2021