News NFU Scotland has welcomed the announcement today (Wednesday 14 March) that lifeline support for those farming in Scotland’s Less Favoured Areas (LFAs) will begin to arrive in bank accounts from tomorrow.
14/03/2012
News Scottish farmers have less than six weeks to submit entries for the prestigious Future Farmer Award 2012 and have the chance of winning £4,000.
13/03/2012
News NFU Scotland has written to Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs Richard Lochhead to reiterate membership concerns over the future availability of distillery co-products, such as dark grains, suitable for feeding to livestock.
12/03/2012
News Discussions between NFU Scotland and Defra have further underlined that a great deal of common ground exists regarding the priorities to be secured from current Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform negotiations.
07/03/2012
News As NFU Scotland moves towards its Centenary celebrations in 2013, a portrait of the Union’s first ever President, William Donald, has been welcomed to the Union Headquarters by current officeholders, President Nigel Miller and Chief Executive Scott Walker.
01/03/2012
News NFU Scotland’s President Nigel Miller has highlighted the crucial role that cattle and sheep will play in Scotland’s contribution to tackling world food security concerns.
28/02/2012
News Scotland’s Tenant Farming Forum (TFF), which aims to promote a healthy tenanted farm sector in Scotland, has discussed a Scottish Parliamentary Committee’s report on agricultural holdings legislation and the recent Court of Session ruling on the Moonzie rent review case.
27/02/2012
News Representatives of all organisations are concerned regarding the risk to the Scottish livestock industry of the novel viral disease currently threatening the sheep and cattle industry in a growing number of regions of mainland Europe and Southern England.
22/02/2012
News The momentum behind the monitor farm network in Scotland continues to gather pace with a number of major announcements.
14/02/2012
News The NFU Scotland Highland Region took great pride in showcasing some of the very best of its produce to 500 eager diners at last night’s (Monday 13 February) NFUS annual dinner.
14/02/2012