News Dairy farmer frustration can only be addressed by immediate price rises and improved milk contracts according to the Dairy Coalition, who met this week.
13/12/2012
News NFU Scotland is encouraging its members to get online and have their say on how the regulatory burden on farm business can be reduced.
12/12/2012
News Scottish beef farmers have welcomed the announcement from the Food Standards Agency that it will recommend an end to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) testing of any healthy cattle entering the food chain.
12/12/2012
News A worrying rise in sheep worrying cases has seen NFU Scotland urge one local authority to direct appropriate resources to tackle the growing problem.
10/12/2012
News The Tenant Farming Forum (TFF) today (Monday, 10 December) presented the report ‘Review of Agricultural Rent Review Procedures in Scotland’ commissioned from the Rent Review Working Group (RRWG).
10/12/2012
News Publication of the Rent Review Working Group’s report must act as a stepping stone to genuine progress in the rent review process in Scotland between tenants and landlords.
10/12/2012
News NFU Scotland members William and Anna Thomson hosted a visit from Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment, Richard Lochhead today (Thursday 6 December 2012) at their farm in East Lothian. The Thomsons showed Mr Lochhead how the ongoing poor weather is hampering farm operations and, along with NFUS office bearers, discussed ways of helping farms cope.
06/12/2012
News NFU Scotland has welcomed the Scottish Government’s announcement that support payments to Scottish farmers will begin today (Monday, 3 December). This maintains the Scottish Government’s good record in the prompt delivery of the Single Farm Payment (SFP) to eligible farmers.
03/12/2012