Blog When it comes to facts on rural development budgets, it is important we cut through the politics writes Director of Policy and Member Services, Jonnie Hall.
30/08/2017
News NFU Scotland is reminding Scottish hill sheep farmers that the Scottish Upland Sheep Support Scheme (SUSSS) opens for applications this Friday (1 September) but is disappointed that, for the second year running, there are to be no improvements to the scheme rules.
29/08/2017
Blog We are having a real ‘stop start’ harvest this year, and even when the ‘start’ happens, my travels round the country show that progress is very regional writes President Andrew McCornick.
28/08/2017
Blog The recent news regarding Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) being discovered in a couple of badgers in Cumbria has caused a stir of media interest igniting fears that TB might spread through wildlife across the border writes NFU Scotland President Andrew McCornick.
21/08/2017
News The Oxford Farming Conference is being held on the 3-5 January 2018 at Oxford University.
18/08/2017
News NFU Scotland has started a research project on the potential of share faming to assist both new entrants and farm owners worried about succession on their farm.
17/08/2017
Blog Farmers are vital to the survival of the Scottish show scene and the contribution of shows to local economies must never be underestimated writes Vice President Martin Kennedy.
16/08/2017
News An important shipment of Scottish Red Deer antlers has started its 35-day journey from Dumfries and Galloway to the Far East.
15/08/2017
Blog It seems like every week of the year now, NFU Scotland uses its communications channels – text messaging, emails, Facebook and Twitter – to alert farmers and crofters to criminal activity in the countryside and the need for vigilance and action on their part.
14/08/2017
News As Scotland’s lamb sales approach peak season, the latest shelf watch study undertaken by Union members and staff found that 11 percent of lamb available in Scottish supermarkets is imported – almost all of it found on Asda and Tesco shelves.
09/08/2017