News NFU Scotland has welcomed the publication of a second European Road Map that offers several new opportunities to strip out some of the costs to Scotland’s livestock sector associated with eradicating Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE).
16/07/2010
News NFU Scotland has met with key stakeholders to discuss the threat posed to the health of Scotland’s farm animals by working and pet dogs being exercised in the countryside.
15/07/2010
News NFU Scotland believes European Commission proposals to nationalise the approvals process for planting genetically modified organisms (GMOs) could rob Europe of a common position on GMs and drive confusion into the debate on the role of GM in agriculture rather than adding clarity.
13/07/2010
News Members of the European Parliament voted mostly in favour of Scottish MEP George Lyon’s resolution on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy post 2013 at a plenary session in Strasbourg today. The main themes of the report relate to CAP budget; fair distribution of CAP funds; competitive agriculture; recognising EU food quality; protection against market and climactic fluctuations, and preservation of rural development funds.
08/07/2010
News NFU Scotland and NFU have worked with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to clarify the use of red diesel at agricultural shows.
08/07/2010
News North East farmers turned out in droves to the recent NFU Scotland renewable energy event, confirming that interest in on-farm energy generation has reached new levels.
08/07/2010
News NFU Scotland has been granted a few more days to consult its cattle-keeping members, allowing more of them to have their say on Scottish Government plans to eradicate Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD).
08/07/2010
News NFU Scotland, along with other UK Unions, has been successful in securing support from European politicians that should avoid complex and costly pollution controls being applied to many more of Scotland’s pig and poultry units.
08/07/2010
News A meeting between NFU Scotland and Treasury officials offered few positives for Scottish farming as the true scale of budgetary constraints became clear.
06/07/2010
News Scotland’s Tenant Farming Forum (TFF), which aims to promote a healthy tenanted farm sector in Scotland, has announced that its new independent chairman will be Professor Phil Thomas.
06/07/2010