Blog Today (19 February 2021) marks the 20th anniversary of the start of the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak of 2001 – the worst the UK has ever experienced recalls Sheila Voas, Chief Veterinary Officer (Scotland).
19/02/2021
Blog One of the side effects of having to conduct most NFUS meetings online now is that it has really shown up who has decent broadband and who has not.
16/02/2021
News Highland Perthshire farmer Martin Kennedy has been elected the 63rd President of NFU Scotland. Mr Kennedy, who has been a Vice President at the Union since 2017, now takes over one of the top jobs in Scottish agriculture.
12/02/2021
Blog Scottish farming and crofting, stands on the edge of the most significant change in generations, having left Europe and the transition period, said President Andrew McCornick in his address to NFU Scotland’s 2021 AGM.
11/02/2021
News The Membership Flame – an NFU Scotland award that recognises outstanding efforts in recruitment and retention of members - has gone to the hard-working Perth team of Margaret Hebbourn, Katy Neill, and Marc Robb.
11/02/2021
News NFU Scotland Chief Executive, Scott Walker has said ‘family is at the heart of NFU Scotland’ during his address to members tuning into today’s (Thursday 11 February) AGM online.
11/02/2021
News The 2020’s will be a transformational decade for Scotland’s farmers and crofters and must be used as a gateway to opportunity according to outgoing NFU Scotland President Andrew McCornick.
11/02/2021
News NFU Scotland has contacted all major supermarkets regarding their support for Scottish and British pig farmers after finding that some retailers have a very high proportion of non-British pork on their shelves.
09/02/2021
Blog As demand for high quality, sustainably produced food grows across the world, Scotland will be leading the charge according to Tim Smith, Chair of the Trade and Agriculture Commission.
09/02/2021
Blog What price better mobile connectivity asks Kate Russell of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV)? In a guest blog for NFU Scotland, she writes:
08/02/2021