News Colin Manson of Brodiehill, Forres was named today (Tuesday 14 February) as the winner of the NFU Scotland Miskelly Award 2012 at the Union’s AGM in St. Andrews.
14/02/2012
News A leading light in livestock auctioneering, David Leggat, has received the NFU Scotland Ambassador award at the Union’s AGM and annual dinner taking place in St Andrews today (Monday, 13 February) and tomorrow (Tuesday, 14 February).
14/02/2012
News NFU Scotland President Nigel Miller has used his presidential address at the Union’s AGM in St Andrews today (Monday, 13 February) to call for those parties representing landlord and tenant interests to work on a roadmap to drive change in the sector.
13/02/2012
News NFU Scotland’s top official Scott Walker is to take a fresh look at the way the Union communicates with its members. He made the announcement in his first address to the Union’s AGM, which is taking place in St Andrews today (13 February), since Mr Walker took on the Chief Executive role six months ago.
13/02/2012
News NFU Scotland’s Highland Region will welcome almost 500 diners to the NFU Scotland Annual Dinner on Monday 13 February at Fairmont, St Andrews, to sample some of the very best food that local producers in the Highlands have to offer.
09/02/2012
News The level of disallowance to be imposed on the Scottish Government by the European Commission, following a 2009 audit of our Single Farm Payment Scheme (SPS) has been confirmed as £35 million.
08/02/2012
News Scotland’s cattle farmers are being encouraged to feed in their views on how the Scottish industry’s planned eradication programme for Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) moves forward. The Union will commence a series of BVD meetings this week and members are currently being surveyed on the programme’s timetable.
06/02/2012
News Representatives of NFU Scotland’s New Generation group will lead the debate on what Scotland’s future farmers need when they take the platform at the Union’s forthcoming AGM and annual dinner in St Andrews.
02/02/2012
News Scotland’s farmers are being presented with another opportunity to help shape the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) as the Scottish Government launches its consultation on the EU Commission’s proposals for the Policy today (Tuesday 31 January).
31/01/2012
News NFU Scotland has welcomed the growth in Scottish farm output but points out that rising input costs and the continued importance of public support are important features of the Scottish Farm Income Estimates for 2011, published by the Scottish Government today (Tuesday, 31 January).
31/01/2012