News Representatives of the Scottish beef industry have written to Defra Secretary of State Owen Paterson MP seeking his assistance and support in reopening a potentially lucrative market for Scotch beef to Japan.
29/11/2012
News NFU Scotland has met with representatives of Scotland’s banks to highlight the impact that this year’s exceptional weather has had on farm businesses throughout Scotland.
28/11/2012
News Following one of the most difficult years on record, NFU Scotland is calling on retailers, processors and potato packers to send a positive signal to Scottish growers that their crops are needed and valued.
28/11/2012
News NFU Scotland is taking a draft blueprint for Scotland’s world famous beef sector on the road this week.
26/11/2012
News NFU Scotland has been working with the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) on assisting those livestock farmers in non-NVZ areas who are struggling to store and spread slurry in the ongoing wet weather.
22/11/2012
News Scottish farmers are seeking short-term assistance from Scottish Government and the banking sector to cope with this year’s record rainfall and disastrous harvest according to responses to NFU Scotland’s wet weather survey.
21/11/2012
News NFU Scotland has contacted the Scottish Government seeking guidance for those with Rural Priorities capital projects due to be completed in 2012.
20/11/2012
News Representatives of the UK farming unions - NFU Scotland, NFU, NFU Cymru the Ulster Farmers’ Union - met in Cardiff this week to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the UK dairy industry.
14/11/2012
News The latest recruitment drive by Scotland’s largest membership organisation for farmers, growers and crofters has brought in 57 new members to NFU Scotland and the number is still rising.
08/11/2012
News NFU Scotland is urging its members to take five minutes to help build a detailed picture of the effects of summer 2012’s weather on the nation’s farms. The information will be used to consider ways of helping farm businesses cope with increasingly unpredictable and volatile weather systems and market conditions.
07/11/2012