News NFU Scotland is urging its membership to complete a survey to assess the confidence of Scotland’s farmers and crofters in the context of the Brexit process.
15/05/2019
News NFU Scotland has joined other organisations from across the livestock sector to urge farmers to think carefully about importing animals from areas that are known to be infected with bluetongue (BTV) virus.
14/05/2019
News NFU Scotland is reminding farmers and crofters to apply to Police Scotland for an agricultural dispensation for wide vehicle movements ahead of the busy harvest period.
14/05/2019
News The UK farming unions have published a document ahead of the European elections on 23 May calling for a policy environment that allows our farmers, crofters and growers to grow and thrive.
14/05/2019
News NFU Scotland met with representatives from the Campbell family of Glenrath Farms and Tesco on Thursday 9 May at the farm’s Millennium site, near Peebles, where they are converting their existing colony production units into an impressive barn system.
13/05/2019
News Organisations have joined together the tackle the blight rural crime increasingly causes for farmers in Ayrshire.
13/05/2019
News NFU Scotland has raised its concerns with Scottish Government after it emerged that a significant number of businesses submitting a Single Application Form have been issued with mapping changes just days before the deadline.
10/05/2019
News NFU Scotland has rounded off its attendance at all the spring political party conferences by hosting a high-profile fringe event at the Scottish Conservative Conference in Aberdeen today (Friday 3 May) with Secretary of State Michael Gove MP and Convenor of the Rural Economy Committee Edward Mountain MSP.
03/05/2019
News Scotland’s farmers and crofters must be recognised as part of the solution to delivering on the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) ‘net-zero’ target according to NFU Scotland.
02/05/2019
News With the Single Application Form (SAF) window closing on Wednesday 15 May, NFU Scotland is encouraging crofters and farmers to prioritise filling out their forms as soon as possible.
01/05/2019