News During COP26, the Kerr family hosted Cabinet Minister for Rural Affairs Mairi Gougeon to their dairy business at Woodhead Farm, Newmilns, Ayrshire, to demonstrate how they are farming for a better climate.
10/11/2021
News The Scrapie Monitoring Scheme (SMS) has been amended to allow for a new status that will support breeding sheep sales between Scotland and Northern Ireland.
10/11/2021
News At a time when milk volumes are reducing and on farm costs rising, NFU Scotland’s Milk Committee chair milk Gary Mitchell is telling the supply chain to act now and send greater confidence back down the chain to primary producers in the form of increased farmgate milk prices.
09/11/2021
News NFU Scotland is urging all poultry keepers - large and small - to comply with new biosecurity measures announced yesterday following confirmation of highly pathogenic Avian Influenza in wild birds and a backyard flock in Scotland.
04/11/2021
News The UK Farming Unions (NFUS, NFU, UFU and NFU Cymru) call upon the UK Government and the Devolved Administrations, together with leaders worldwide, to support a sustainable and productive future for agriculture, growing our ability to produce climate-friendly food at the same time as protecting nature and the planet.
03/11/2021
News Rhianna Montgomery has joined NFU Scotland, taking on the role of Rural Business Policy Advisor.
03/11/2021
News More than 150 local MSPs, MPs and Councillors heard about the importance of sustainable food production for the country, and the benefits of agriculture to the Scottish economy ahead of COP26 opening in Glasgow this week.
03/11/2021