News Scottish farmers have been at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg supporting German shepherds in their landmark case challenging the unworkable rules that require the electronic tagging of sheep.
08/03/2013
News NFU Scotland’s New Generation Group has pledged to work with Scottish Government to ensure its newly announced funding package for new entrants be targeted effectively at those currently excluded from the existing Single Farm Payment (SFP) support scheme.
07/03/2013
News NFU Scotland is calling on its crofting members to come forward with evidence if rules within the new Crofting Reform Act are causing difficulties.
06/03/2013
News With payments under Scotland’s Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (LFASS) scheduled to start mid-March, slightly later than normal, NFU Scotland has repeated calls for payment flexibility to be built into new CAP schemes.
06/03/2013
News Shoppers out and about in Castle Douglas this Saturday (9 March) will have local sheep farmers tempting them with tasty bites of delicious Scottish lamb.
06/03/2013
News Ayrshire’s politicians have joined local farmers in a Centenary celebration lunch to mark 100 years of NFU Scotland.
06/03/2013
News The agreement reached between Vion UK and 2 Sisters Food Group heralds a new era in meat processing in Scotland.
04/03/2013
News Shoppers out and about in Perth this Saturday (2 March) are to be tempted with fresh, tasty Scotch Lamb.
01/03/2013
News NFUS has warmly welcomed new dredging arrangements, announced by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA), which will allow farmers to help prevent valuable fields from being flooded.
01/03/2013
News Farms, commercial businesses and householders in the North East have a growing list of options available to them if they want to get involved in energy generation from renewable sources.
01/03/2013