News The success of three local projects is to be celebrated with a reception at Dumfries Show this Saturday (4 August)
30/07/2018
Blog With the dry spell creating many issues across the country, Vice President Martin Kennedy found it very interesting when he ventured to Shetland last week to see how some of our farmers and crofters in more remote areas are being affected.
30/07/2018
News Members and their families are being invited to join NFU Scotland and NFU Mutual on their stand at Turriff Show at the beginning of August.
27/07/2018
News Scottish beef industry representatives have written jointly to Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy Fergus Ewing raising their concerns about the prospects for the Scottish suckler beef herd.
25/07/2018
News The UK Government has published a series of documents detailing the proposed closure of the Feed-in Tariff Scheme and has issued a Call for Evidence on the future for small-scale low-carbon generation.
23/07/2018
News With high quality crops of Scottish soft fruit now going to waste because of a shortfall in seasonal staff, members of Westminster’s Scottish Affairs Committee joined NFUS officeholders and staff on a Perthshire soft fruit farm to call for urgent action.
20/07/2018
News Today marks the last day of Farm Safety Week, with one Fife farmer talking about the dangers of overhead powerlines.
20/07/2018
Blog As the bad weather of the winter turns into a dangerously dry summer, NFU Scotland President Andrew McCornick reflects on the importance of farmers and crofters looking after their mental health, even when things get tough.
19/07/2018
News Health and safety on farms takes many different forms, one which is too often ignored is mental health and wellbeing. Agriculture is an industry which has a difficult relationship with good mental health and the willingness to seek help for it. That is why this year’s Farm Safety Week includes a day highlighting the importance of good mental health and wellbeing, and who you can speak to if you need help.
19/07/2018
News In a momentous week of successive votes on Brexit and a challenging period for the UK government, NFU Scotland has returned to Westminster to meet with MPs and government officials to discuss Brexit.
18/07/2018