News Brexit worries, tariff concerns, mixed weather and high drying costs are blighting what promised to be a great harvest in Scotland.
16/08/2019
News In a letter to the Defra Minister George Eustice, NFU Scotland has made it clear that shoppers must have the ability to identify where the beef they are buying comes from, whether fresh or processed.
14/08/2019
News “The EU wants our lamb and we want to sell it to them,” says LFA Chairman
13/08/2019
News Scottish farming’s responsible approach to tackling climate change is being lost in the headlines generated by the latest report into Climate Change and Land Use from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
08/08/2019
News The Dumfries and Galloway Partnership Against Rural Crime (DGPARC) will see NFU Scotland working with local and national agencies to combat the rise in rural crime in the area.
07/08/2019
News The cost of rural theft in the UK has hit a seven-year peak, with the biggest percentage increase – 62 percent – seen in Scotland.
05/08/2019
News NFU Scotland has welcomed a High Court decision overturning a DEFRA ban on a trusted and widely used product to combat the threat to crops of slugs.
31/07/2019
News A summit organised by NFU Scotland in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, this week (Monday 29 July) focused on securing a profitable and productive Scottish beef sector against the backdrop of some of the poorest prices in recent times.
31/07/2019
News NFU Scotland has welcomed the findings of a wide-ranging inquiry into the future of Scottish agriculture, published this morning (31 July).
31/07/2019
News NFU Scotland has welcomed the decision by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to lift the ban on feeding crop treated with maleic hydrazide (MH) to livestock
25/07/2019