News In its response to an independent inquiry into the support arrangements for Scottish farming, NFU Scotland has acknowledged the flaws in the current system and proposed solutions that are better focussed on activity for the future.
08/03/2010
News NFU Scotland is urging Members of Parliament from all parties to support MP Albert Owen’s Private Members’ Bill to establish a grocery market Ombudsman when it comes before the House of Commons for second reading tomorrow (Friday, 5 March 2010).
04/03/2010
News NFU Scotland believes the decision by Animal Health firms to abandon the manufacture of cypermethrin sheep dip products in the future may undermine the delivery of a new sheep scab control initiative due to get underway in Scotland. It will also increase sheep producers’ reliance on other products to control parasites such as mites, flies and ticks.
03/03/2010
News The first meeting of the Scottish Farmers’ Market Partnership (SFMP) was held today (3 March) at the Rural Centre, Ingliston and was addressed by Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and The Environment Richard Lochhead MSP.
03/03/2010
News NFU Scotland has welcomed confirmation from the Scottish Government that its £3 million Severe Weather Grant Scheme, as announced at the Union’s AGM in St Andrews last week, will now be extended to provide support to those who have seen farm buildings collapse in the most recent snow storms
03/03/2010
News The publication of a working document on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2013, written by Scottish MEP George Lyon for the EU’s Agriculture Committee, will help fuel the debate on CAP that is raging both at home and in Europe.
02/03/2010
News On Saturday 28 February George Lyon MEP addressed a meeting of NFUS members from Argyll & the Islands.
01/03/2010
News NFU Scotland president Jim McLaren announced the launch of a fundraising bid for a memorial to honour the work of the Women’s Land Army (WLA) in Scotland at the union’s annual dinner in St. Andrews last night.
22/02/2010
News South-west livestock farmer, Andy Nelson is celebrating after securing the use of a brand new tractor for the next five months, following NFU Scotland’s annual membership draw.
19/02/2010
News An Argyll farmer’s dedication and commitment to NFU Scotland, over a thirty-year period, has been rewarded at the Union’s AGM in St Andrews today (Friday, 19 February).
19/02/2010