News NFU Scotland has welcomed a county-wide ban for the use of helium balloons and sky lantern releases at public events by Angus Council.
20/08/2015
News NFU Scotland is reminding its members who transport wide and abnormal loads to apply for an agricultural dispensation.
19/08/2015
News A number of crofting members from NFU Scotland’s Skye branch have asked the Scottish Government to look again at support scheme rules that will leave them unable to access the new ewe hogg scheme, which opens for applications on 1 September.
19/08/2015
News Following extensive consultation with its members – including a series of country-wide meetings – NFU Scotland has submitted its views on the Scottish Government’s draft Land Reform Bill.
17/08/2015
News UK farming unions have issued jointly a challenge to all retailers to get behind the Red Tractor brand across their whole dairy category.
14/08/2015
News As Scotland’s annual lamb marketing campaign gathers pace, NFU Scotland is urging consumers to get behind Scotland’s sheep farmers and put some fresh, tasty Scotch lamb on their plates.
14/08/2015
Blog For the consumer, dairy products are a daily part of life. They are taken for granted as a safe, nutritious and an essential part of daily diets.But for dairy farmers the status quo is untenable.Farmers 'protests' are not taken lightly, because they would much rather be at home running their business. But out of genuine frustration and desperation, farmers are choosing to highlight the very difficult position the sector is in and the need for change.
12/08/2015
News NFU Scotland Vice President Rob Livesey has met with producers on Orkney to see first-hand the damage that the poor weather has wreaked on the island’s farmers.
11/08/2015
News NFU Scotland met on farm with politicians today (Friday 7 August) in Dumfries and Galloway, as the Union finalises its response to the Land Reform Bill.
07/08/2015
News With planting of 2016 crops starting shortly for some, NFU Scotland is urging the Scottish Government to publicise its plans for progressing simplification as part of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS).
06/08/2015