News NFU Scotland’s Autumn Conference and Council meeting set to feature a top bill of speakers covering a range of topics including health and wellbeing in farming, Taking the Steps to CHANGE, and What’s on the horizon for Scottish agriculture.
17/10/2018
News Members have the opportunity to learn about keeping their agricultural vehicles fit for purpose and road legal as part of two workshops coming to Castle Douglas next week.
17/10/2018
News A fantastic competition to get children thinking about the rural landscape around them is being launched today (Wednesday 17 October) by NFU Scotland.
17/10/2018
News As the nights start to draw in, farmers and crofters across the country are being encouraged to carry out essential maintenance safely.
16/10/2018
News NFU Scotland have made a submission to the Public Audit and Post Legislative Scrutiny Committee outlining the ineffectiveness of the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 in reducing the number of out of control dogs/dog attacks in Scotland.
10/10/2018
News Scotland’s farmers and crofters are taking ‘steps to change’ as they prepare for a post-Brexit future and life beyond the CAP.
09/10/2018
News The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is currently requesting views from farmers, growers and others in the food supply chain on the future need for the levy body, and to gain a better understanding of what stakeholders believe the levy body should deliver.
26/09/2018
News Ahead of National GetOutside Day this weekend, NFU Scotland is reminding people to enjoy the countryside responsibly.
26/09/2018
News NFU Scotland has urged Scottish Government to look more closely at the impact that a Deposit Return Scheme could have on specific sectors in the Scottish food chain that are heavily reliant on plastic packaging, such as milk.
26/09/2018
News A long, cold, wet winter suddenly turned into the joint hottest summer on record for the UK, and Scottish farmers feared the worst for their 2018 harvest.
19/09/2018