News NFU Scotland is calling on politicians at Holyrood, Westminster and the EU to make the most of a growing stream of political initiatives which could help to secure the future of Scotland and the UK’s dairy industry.
10/02/2011
News Scottish dairy farming representatives have met in private with Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Richard Lochhead, to discuss the long and short term challenges facing Scotland’s dairy farmers. The meeting took place on a dairy farm near Stirling this week.
09/02/2011
News Roadside banners supporting ‘Perfect Scottish Pork and Bacon’ are starting to appear around Scotland as the nation’s pig farmers proactively promote their products in a bid to return to profitability. The first banner has been erected at Kintore in Aberdeenshire beside the busy A96 road that runs between Aberdeen and Inverness.
09/02/2011
News With lambing on Scottish farms due to start in earnest next month, NFU Scotland has reiterated its view that snaring, when carried out properly, is essential for controlling those predators responsible for significant losses of lambs each year.
08/02/2011
News NFU Scotland has condemned Food Standards Agency (FSA) proposals to pass a £21 million bill for meat inspection charges onto the UK farming industry. The Union believes there can be no further discussion on this topic until such times as delivery of meat inspection is radically reformed and thought given to a Scottish service.
02/02/2011
News A Defra Minister will address the NFU Scotland Annual General Meeting (AGM) for the first time since devolution, when Agriculture Minister Jim Paice speaks to members at St Andrews during the afternoon of Monday, 14 February.
01/02/2011
News NFU Scotland has met with a leading pig industry official to ensure current efforts to improve the prospects for all pig producers are well co-ordinated.
31/01/2011
News The publication of Scottish Farm Income estimates today (Thursday, 27 January) has served to highlighted the continued importance of farm support to the sector and the need to strike the right deal for Scotland in the forthcoming negotiations in Europe on reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
27/01/2011
News An investigation of supermarket shelves carried out by NFU Scotland has shown the major retailers Tesco and Asda shunning home produced pork and chicken in favour of cheap imports. By comparison, Morrisons continued to demonstrate a considerable commitment to Scottish and British produce.
26/01/2011
News NFU Scotland’s Milk Committee has today (Wednesday, 26 January) called on all those involved in the delivery of fresh liquid milk to immediately stop driving value out of the chain and instead work to deliver essential increases in farmgate prices.
26/01/2011