News Intensive lobbying by NFU Scotland, alongside other UK unions, has successfully secured exemptions for agricultural vehicles from unnecessary and burdensome MOT testing.
11/03/2014
News NFU Scotland has written to the Scottish Government requesting the establishment of a crofting stakeholder forum to drive forward the nation’s crofting sector into the 21st century.
11/03/2014
News NFU Scotland has welcomed the announcement from Scottish Government that lifeline support for those farming in Scotland’s Less Favoured Areas (LFAs) will begin to arrive in bank accounts from today (11 March).
11/03/2014
News NFU Scotland has had an overwhelming demand for tickets for its high-level independence referendum debate, taking place later this month.
07/03/2014
News In response to the Agricultural Holdings Review Group’s recent call for evidence, NFUS is holding a round of meetings for tenant, owner-occupier and landlord members.
07/03/2014
News Two Aberdeenshire farmers are to head up NFU Scotland’s pigs and poultry working groups after the long-serving chairmen of both groups recently stepped down.
06/03/2014
News NFU Scotland has mapped out its vision for a simpler, re-prioritised and more accessible rural development scheme that can deliver for Scotland’s food and farming sectors, its rural economy and its environmental well-being.
05/03/2014
News NFU Scotland is adamant that dairy farmers must not carry the can for the milk price war being waged between UK supermarkets.
04/03/2014
News NFU Scotland has used a visit to a flood-hit farmer in Perthshire to renew its call for key stakeholders to get round the table and start planning to minimise the impact that flooding is having on farmland around Scotland.
03/03/2014