News Dog walkers in Orkney and Shetland are being urged to keep their dogs on a lead or under close control after concerns have been raised by local farmers and crofters.
18/08/2016
News NFU Scotland has written to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance Derek Mackay MSP asking for clarity around the short term support arrangements for Scottish farmers and crofters.
18/08/2016
News NFU Scotland has used a meeting with Secretary of State for Scotland, David Mundell MP, to stress the importance of providing as much clarity and certainty to the farming and crofting sector as preparations for the Brexit negotiations get underway.
17/08/2016
News NFU Scotland is seeking to meet with retailers and milk processors on the urgent need for the dramatic upturn in dairy markets to speedily feedback to farmers.
17/08/2016
News The farming unions from Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland say it is essential that all devolved governments guarantee that Treasury funds are spent on agriculture as announced.
16/08/2016
News Scotland’s farmers and crofters have a platform of stability following a Treasury statement that agricultural support funding levels will be guaranteed through to the end of 2020.
15/08/2016
News With a heatwave promised, people in Scotland are hoping to enjoy some end of summer barbecues. And as people stock up, NFU Scotland is highlighting where consumers can go if they want to buy high-quality Scotch Beef Burgers.
12/08/2016
Blog Not for the first time, I look across at France and wish our Governments would undertake some of the actions that the French are prepared to do to back their farmers and their food industry. The French Government has shown some mettle and are going to force companies to introduce mandatory country of origin labelling for milk and meat in processed foods.
09/08/2016
News NFU Scotland is getting right behind Lidl’s high profile campaign promoting Scotch beef across Great Britain.
03/08/2016
News NFU Scotland’s New Generation Committee is teaming up with marketing co-op Scottish Pig Producers in a search for the pig farmers of tomorrow.
03/08/2016