News With a new UK Government in place, NFU Scotland is looking beyond the projected EU exit date of 31 January and to what will come next in terms of the UK’s future relationship with the European Union and international trade partners.
16/12/2019
News Following the conclusive result of the UK General Election last week (Thursday 12 December), NFUS has kick-started an extensive programme of engagement with Scotland’s intake of MPs and the new UK Government.
16/12/2019
News NFUS is reminding growers that hold a water abstraction licence that they should be in the process of collating and sending their data returns to the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) by 31 December 2019.
11/12/2019
News Eligible farmers and crofters are reminded to apply to the Scottish Suckler Beef Support Scheme (SSBSS) before the deadline of 31 December 2019.
11/12/2019
News The Union has now taken more than 400 calls from individuals who are experiencing fuel issues with their tractors and agricultural vehicles.
06/12/2019
News Petroineos, the only crude oil refinery in Scotland, have decided that they will reduce the volume of biofuel blended into their fuel while they continue to investigate the cause of the current fuel problems being experienced by users. This announcement follows extensive lobbying by NFU Scotland, and other stakeholders including Petroineos, for Scottish and UK Governments to act quickly on this issue.
29/11/2019
News In the last two weeks, major retailers Marks & Spencer and Waitrose have stated an intention to move to 100 percent British lamb across their UK stores.
29/11/2019
News All the candidates standing in the three constituencies covering the key agricultural region of the North East have been invited to participate in a hustings event at Thainstone Mart, Inverurie on Friday 6 December at 2.30pm.
29/11/2019
News The four UK farming union Presidents have responded to the BBC’s documentary Meat: a threat to our planet?
26/11/2019
News Driven by members, NFU Scotland lodged a formal complaint with the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) in June about a poster campaign in Scotland that erroneously claimed that ‘eating animals’ contributes more to climate change than transport.
25/11/2019