Blog With the eyes of the world focused on Glasgow over the past two weeks, NFU Scotland President Martin Kennedy reflects on COP26 and his participation at the event and global efforts to tackle climate change.
15/11/2021
News Scottish Government has announced amendments to the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 following its 12-week consultation earlier this year.
12/11/2021
News NFU Scotland’s North East region is holding an event next week (Wednesday 17 November) to help farmers and those keen to enter the industry plan for the future.
11/11/2021
News NFU Scotland members are invited to a North East rural crime event at Gray Farms, Portsoy, on Wednesday 1 December.
10/11/2021
News During COP26, the Kerr family hosted Cabinet Minister for Rural Affairs Mairi Gougeon to their dairy business at Woodhead Farm, Newmilns, Ayrshire, to demonstrate how they are farming for a better climate.
10/11/2021
News The Scrapie Monitoring Scheme (SMS) has been amended to allow for a new status that will support breeding sheep sales between Scotland and Northern Ireland.
10/11/2021
Blog Scotland is in a great position to deliver sustainable farming for the future according to Berwickshire arable farmer Neil White and he calls on decision-makers to ‘let us grow!.”
10/11/2021
News At a time when milk volumes are reducing and on farm costs rising, NFU Scotland’s Milk Committee chair milk Gary Mitchell is telling the supply chain to act now and send greater confidence back down the chain to primary producers in the form of increased farmgate milk prices.
09/11/2021
Blog As Glasgow plays host to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), Young Farmers and NFUS Next Generation Committee have written to Cabinet Secretary, Mairi Gougeon, to highlight the valuable role our industry has to play in mitigating the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity.
05/11/2021
News NFU Scotland is urging all poultry keepers - large and small - to comply with new biosecurity measures announced yesterday following confirmation of highly pathogenic Avian Influenza in wild birds and a backyard flock in Scotland.
04/11/2021