News NFU Scotland has used its regular slot at AgriScot to drive discussion with the membership on the priorities for Scottish farming in the challenging times ahead.
16/11/2016
Blog Tonight (Thursday 10 November) will see the first screening of a new film ‘Grazing on the Edge’ at the Aros Centre, Portree on the Isle of Skye writes NFU Scotland's Crofting Policy Manager Lucy Sumsion.
10/11/2016
News NFU Scotland is to use its regular slot at next week’s AgriScot event (Wednesday 16 November) to drive discussion with the membership on the priorities for Scottish farming in the challenging times ahead.
09/11/2016
News In October, the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy launched a Call for Evidence on the case for the extension of the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA).
09/11/2016
News NFU Scotland is urging the Government to provide clarity on when applicants to Scotland’s new Beef Efficiency Scheme are going to receive the tags necessary to meet scheme rules.
09/11/2016
News Farmers from the East Central region will be taking to their local Aldi store at Perth this weekend to encourage shoppers to support the industry and buy Scottish produce available on their doorsteps.
09/11/2016
News NFU Scotland and rural charity RSABI have joined forces to encourage farmers, crofters and those working in the agricultural industry to take part in a pilot study by University of Glasgow.
07/11/2016
Blog Following a summer that was punctuated with the seismic EU referendum result, the quieter start to the autumn was welcome, with the ‘ground-shifting’ stuff being left to farmers and growers who have now finished off a successful harvest for another year. This period of ‘business as usual’ has been short-lived, as we look ahead to the start of the UK’s exit from the European Union from April 2017 onwards.
03/11/2016
News The importance of protecting and maintaining Scotland’s unique farming industry in the Brexit negotiations has been highlighted at NFU Scotland’s first meeting with the UK Government’s Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Andrea Leadsom MP.
02/11/2016
News NFU Scotland is now taking nominations for the positions of President and its two Vice Presidential posts.
02/11/2016