News NFU Scotland has condemned Scottish Government proposals for silage, slurry and digestate as excessively blunt and ill-thought-out.
13/04/2021
News The Scottish Suckler Beef Support Scheme (SSBSS) supports producers breeding beef calves from suckler cows, ensuring that herds remain at a level that sustains Scotland’s commercial beef industry.
08/04/2021
News NFU Scotland’s Next Generation Group are reminding members that they have developed a range of colourful, educational posters which are free for all farmers and crofters to download and fill out.
07/04/2021
News As members of the National Sea Eagle Stakeholder Panel and representing farmers and crofters who have endured, in some cases, decades of predation by white-tailed eagles (WTE), NFU Scotland does not believe enough is being done to address key issues and deliver the White-tailed Eagle Action Plan led by NatureScot.
07/04/2021
News A new film looking at mental health in the farming community, called “Unearthing Farming Lives” is currently “in the making”, with the trailer now available to view
05/04/2021
News Sarah joins the Union’s Edinburgh based Head Office team to lead on the already highly regarded lobbying work being done on key environmental issues including water and air quality, pesticides, biodiversity, farm plastics and flooding.
05/04/2021
News NFU Scotland has called on agricultural support arrangements to be separated from a new UK approach to subsidy control.
01/04/2021
News Housing restrictions for poultry that were introduced in mid-December due to the threat of Avian Influenza (AI) will be lifted from midnight tonight (31 March).
31/03/2021
News The remuneration committee provides guidance and advice to the Union’s top team on the principal issues affecting its staff body. Primarily, how best to recruit, retain and reward its high-quality staff to ensure that NFU Scotland remains the leading agricultural lobbying and policy organisation in Scotland.
31/03/2021
News As the nation prepares for Covid-19 restrictions easing and the Scottish countryside opening up this Easter, NFU Scotland has launched its #walkieswithoutworries social media campaign to encourage responsible dog walking.
30/03/2021