News Thousands of Scottish farmers and crofters have received notification that support payments for 2024 are expected to start arriving in bank accounts at the end of this week.
03/09/2024
News As nation celebrates #LoveLambWeek, Union calls for future support to continue to recognise contribution of extensive systems.
03/09/2024
Blog Following pressure from NFU Scotland, we have now secured further guidance as to how force majeure and an appeals process could be applied to new Scottish Suckler Beef Support Scheme (SSBSS) writes NFU Scotland Livestock Chair Hugh Fraser.
26/08/2024
News NFU Scotland is reminding all keepers of birds, large or small flocks, that from 1 September, they will need to register their birds on the Scottish Kept Bird Register.
21/08/2024
Blog Farming and crofting are going through unprecedented change. There is a clear drive in farming to increase the size of some businesses, fields, machinery and herd size.
20/08/2024
News NFU Scotland President Martin Kennedy has met the newly appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland Kirsty McNeill MP on a Perthshire farm
02/08/2024
News NFU Scotland President Martin Kennedy welcomed Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney MSP to the family farm in Highland Perthshire.
31/07/2024
Blog Latest figures from the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) reveal farming continues to have the poorest safety record of any UK and Irish occupation. Stephanie Berkeley, from the Farm Safety Foundation (Yellow Wellies), the charity behind farm safety week, explains why this week must mark the beginning of a new chapter for safer farming.
25/07/2024
News NFU Scotland will continue to oppose Scottish Government proposals for Galloway to become a new national park.
22/07/2024
News Service that identifies farming and crofting opportunities receives its 1000th enquiry
22/07/2024