Blog Recently we learned that African Swine Fever (ASF) was discovered in wild boar in Germany. We have been expecting this moment for a long time but now that it has finally hit, does this mean the UK Government will take it any more seriously?
28/09/2020
News Elaine Robertson from NFU Scotland’s Keith Branch, has left to pursue new interests after 33 years.
28/09/2020
Blog Soggy bottoms and showstoppers at the ready… the Great British Bake Off is back on our screens and the Great British public are getting ready to break out their aprons.
25/09/2020
News Giving evidence to the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee today (Wednesday 23 September), NFU Scotland Vice President Charlie Adam spoke about the serious issue of irresponsible access-taking by dog owners which can result in injury and death to livestock.
23/09/2020
News Reports from around the country suggest Scotland’s 2020 cereal harvest is drawing to a close and many parts have been blessed with ideal sowing conditions to get much of next year’s crop into the ground.
23/09/2020
News NFU Scotland has appointed Stephen Hepburn as its new Senior Group Secretary and Senior Agent based at the busy NFU Mutual Thainstone Agency, Inverurie.
23/09/2020
Blog Climate change is an extremely complex topic, and the more you learn and understand about it, the more confusing it becomes writes Vice President Martin Kennedy.
22/09/2020
News As Scotland’s soft fruit season draws to a close and vegetable harvesting and packing gears up for the autumn, NFU Scotland has called on the UK Government to make decisions now that will allow the crucial recruitment of non-UK staff in 2021.
22/09/2020
News With the UK officially out of the EU from 31 December 2020, NFU Scotland is striving to prepare its farming and crofting members for the changes their businesses could face.
17/09/2020
News Defra’s 12-week long consultation on “Contractual relationships in the UK dairy industry” closed last night. This consultation was in response to concerns raised that primary producers, including dairy farmers, tend to occupy positions of relative market weakness in the food supply chain.
16/09/2020