Blog Following a summer that was punctuated with the seismic EU referendum result, the quieter start to the autumn was welcome, with the ‘ground-shifting’ stuff being left to farmers and growers who have now finished off a successful harvest for another year. This period of ‘business as usual’ has been short-lived, as we look ahead to the start of the UK’s exit from the European Union from April 2017 onwards.
03/11/2016
News The importance of protecting and maintaining Scotland’s unique farming industry in the Brexit negotiations has been highlighted at NFU Scotland’s first meeting with the UK Government’s Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Andrea Leadsom MP.
02/11/2016
News NFU Scotland is now taking nominations for the positions of President and its two Vice Presidential posts.
02/11/2016
News “It is essential for the food and farming sector to maintain full, unfettered access to the single market while having continued access to a flexible, competent and reliable workforce.”
01/11/2016
News Industry bodies representing agricultural landlords and tenants from across Scotland have today (1 November) launched new guidance to help landlords deal with situations where tenants fall behind with their rent.
01/11/2016
News The agricultural industry must embrace the opportunities and rise to the challenges for a vibrant future, NFU Scotland’s President Allan Bowie told the Union’s Autumn Conference today (Friday 28 October).
28/10/2016
News NFU Scotland has mapped out its priorities for Scottish agriculture and the food and drink sector post-Brexit when its Board of Directors hosted over 30 MPs from across the UK at a parliamentary reception in Westminster today (Tuesday 25 October).
25/10/2016
News The UK Government’s Secretary of State for Scotland, David Mundell MP, is to join a top line-up of speakers at NFU Scotland’s Autumn Conference next week (Friday 28 October), addressing delegates on the Brexit negotiations.
21/10/2016
News NFU Scotland has today (Wednesday 19 October) published two discussion documents as it considers the future for farming and crofting in a post-European Union (EU) era.
19/10/2016
News Scotland’s farmers and crofters are calling on the Scottish public to have a happy – but lantern-free and considerate – bonfire night this November.
18/10/2016