News NFU Scotland has written to Scottish Secretary of State Alister Jack after repeated warnings to the UK Government over a damaging ‘no deal’ tariff schedule had been disregarded.
11/10/2019
News NFU Scotland has today (1 October) published a policy position on the allocation of the UK Government’s promised uplift of £160 million in a paper shared with members, stakeholders and Scottish Government.
01/10/2019
News The euro exchange rate for calculating Basic Payment Scheme 2019 payments has been set.
30/09/2019
News NFU Scotland has strengthened its communications team with the appointment of Diana McGowan as its Senior Communications and Publications Manager.
30/09/2019
News Beef farmers and crofters in Scotland continue to be under severe pressure due to desperately poor market returns.
25/09/2019
News In light of a new consultation from the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), NFU Scotland is to extend the deadline for its survey on the importance of permanent and temporary non-UK workers.
23/09/2019
News The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has launched a consultation on introducing a new option for identifying the age of sheep for the purposes of TSE (Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies) controls.
23/09/2019
News NFU Scotland has used its first meeting with new Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Theresa Villiers today (18 September) to highlight the unique profile of Scottish agriculture and press for certainty for the industry.
18/09/2019
News Growers round the country are desperate for a sustained break in the weather to allow Scotland’s 2019 harvest to be completed and autumn sowings to get into full swing.
13/09/2019
News For many Scottish growers, a week of continuous rain has brought harvest to a halt and the volume of rain makes accessing fields with heavy harvesting equipment challenging.
06/09/2019