News Lockerbie dairy farmer David Hyslop, and sons, David and Martin, hosted a cross party group of MSPs this week to highlight the significant strides that the dairy sector is making in producing high quality, high welfare food whilst reducing its emissions.
15/06/2023
News Joint statement on behalf of NFU Scotland, Scottish Quality Crops, Quality Meat Scotland and Agricultural Industries Confederation calls for unnecessary bureaucratic burden to be avoided.
14/06/2023
Blog There are many things within the current political landscape that are easy to disagree on. But one area on which everyone can agree is the importance of clean air for our health and the environment writes NFU Scotland’s Environmental Resources Manager Sarah Cowie.
14/06/2023
News After its recent meeting, NFU Scotland’s Poultry Working Group is urging the poultry sector to get behind the Pick-ups For Peace initiative, where farmers and the farming industry have been supporting the war effort in Ukraine.
12/06/2023
News Hill farmer Brian Walker, an NFU Scotland member from Inveraray in Argyll is calling on the Scottish Government to urgently provide the emergency authorisation for the bracken control herbicide Asulam for the benefit of upland farming and crofting across Scotland.
09/06/2023
News NFU Scotland’s Poultry Working Group is calling on the UK Government to extend its examination of food supply chains to poultrymeat as the threat of empty shelves increases.
09/06/2023
News NFU Scotland has welcomed the announcement that an emergency authorisation for the inclusion of cobalt salts in livestock feed has been granted, recognising the risk of cobalt deficiency faced by cattle and sheep in Scotland.
08/06/2023
News With Scotland’s Less Favoured Areas Support Scheme (LFASS) set to continue until at least 2026, NFU Scotland is calling on Scottish Government to rebase the scheme so that the precious £65.5 million fund is better targeted at those keeping beef cattle and sheep in Scotland’s uplands and islands.
08/06/2023
Blog With the UK-Australia and UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) going live from midnight tonight (31 May), the Government’s track record on these particular FTAs is one of failure writes NFU Scotland President Martin Kennedy.
31/05/2023
News Amy Geddes to take over from Dave Bell on group that encourages responsible use of plant protection products.
30/05/2023