News One of Scotland’s strongest supporters of on-farm renewables, David Smith, is to map out the funding and construction challenges faced when putting an on-farm wind energy plan into practice.
08/10/2014
News A series of workshops, focusing on agricultural vehicle legislation and transportation, are to be held this autumn.
07/10/2014
News NFU Scotland’s Centenary Trust is now taking applications for another round of funding it has available.
01/10/2014
News Scottish growers are to meet with Richard Lochhead to discuss the damage that current greening proposals will have on their business and to urge the Cabinet Secretary to pause for the sake of the sector.
01/10/2014
News The Scottish Government has today (Tuesday, 30 September) confirmed that the exchange rate to be used to calculate support delivered through the 2014 Single Farm Payment (SFP) Scheme is €1= £0.7773.
30/09/2014
News NFU Scotland has expressed deep disappointment at Scottish Government’s decision to impose stringent management restrictions on those hoping to grow nitrogen fixing crops in a bid to meet their greening obligations.
24/09/2014
News NFU Scotland is reminding agricultural employers to ensure they have an up to date contract of employment in place for employees. The plea comes on the day that the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board (SAWB) announces new minimum wage rates for the sector.
23/09/2014
News The presidents of the four UK farming unions will be in Brussels this week on a major lobbying offensive.
22/09/2014
News NFU Scotland believes Scotland’s decision to remain within the United Kingdom must provide a platform to drive our farming and food and drink sectors forward.
19/09/2014
News The three main membership organisations representing landowners and tenants in Scotland said today the industry-led rent review initiative, launched in late July, will be ready to deal with any cases that may arise before November’s rent review term date.
17/09/2014