News One week from the appointment of a new Prime Minister, NFU Scotland has returned to London to reaffirm its key asks of the new leader and Westminster.
18/07/2019
News During a period of prolonged warm weather many in Scotland will be hoping to enjoy some high-quality Scotch Beef burgers.
17/07/2019
News NFU Scotland’s Islay members welcomed the de-facto Deputy Prime Minister, Rt Hon David Lidington CBE MP on-farm on Islay impressing upon him challenges faced by agricultural on island communities.
15/07/2019
News More needs to be done across Scotland to tackle the death rate in agriculture, as its revealed 13 people died last year on Scotland’s farms and crofts. This is five more deaths than in 2017/2018 – the highest average increase across Great Britain during this period.
15/07/2019
News Having written to the two remaining candidates in the race to become Prime Minister last week, NFU Scotland has now received responses from both Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP and Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP.
12/07/2019
News A prolonged three-year low in the beef price is seriously impacting the incomes of farms and crofters across the country, warns NFU Scotland.
10/07/2019
News A stock-judging and barbecue is aiming to boost the coffers of two cancer charities.
10/07/2019
News NFU Scotland held four meetings, over two days, across Scotland last week to inform and to listen to Scotland’s dairy farmers on the subject of a future government consultation on milk contacts.
10/07/2019
News Tenant farmers going through the waygo amnesty process are urging fellow tenant farmers to urgently engage in the process or risk losing the benefits.
03/07/2019
News NFU Scotland has written to the Scottish Government calling on it to act with urgency and certainty to plug the critical funding gap faced by farmers and crofters in Scotland’s less favoured areas.
02/07/2019