News NFU Scotland is reminding its members who transport wide and abnormal loads to apply for an agricultural dispensation.
19/08/2015
News A number of crofting members from NFU Scotland’s Skye branch have asked the Scottish Government to look again at support scheme rules that will leave them unable to access the new ewe hogg scheme, which opens for applications on 1 September.
19/08/2015
News Following extensive consultation with its members – including a series of country-wide meetings – NFU Scotland has submitted its views on the Scottish Government’s draft Land Reform Bill.
17/08/2015
News UK farming unions have issued jointly a challenge to all retailers to get behind the Red Tractor brand across their whole dairy category.
14/08/2015
News As Scotland’s annual lamb marketing campaign gathers pace, NFU Scotland is urging consumers to get behind Scotland’s sheep farmers and put some fresh, tasty Scotch lamb on their plates.
14/08/2015
News NFU Scotland Vice President Rob Livesey has met with producers on Orkney to see first-hand the damage that the poor weather has wreaked on the island’s farmers.
11/08/2015
News NFU Scotland met on farm with politicians today (Friday 7 August) in Dumfries and Galloway, as the Union finalises its response to the Land Reform Bill.
07/08/2015
News With planting of 2016 crops starting shortly for some, NFU Scotland is urging the Scottish Government to publicise its plans for progressing simplification as part of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS).
06/08/2015
News NFU Scotland is calling for abolition of the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board (SAWB) and for agricultural worker’s pay and conditions to be determined under general employment law.
04/08/2015
News In a bid to tackle agricultural crime in the rural community, a rural watch scheme for Dumfries and Galloway was re-launched on NFU Scotland’s stand at the local agricultural show on Saturday 1 August.
03/08/2015