News NFU Scotland has warmly welcomed Scottish Government support and funding to assist Scottish sheep farmers in complying with unpopular new European rules which require sheep born this year and beyond to be electronically tagged and their movements recorded.
27/01/2010
News NFU Scotland has given its support to the simplest option suggested by Scottish Government on how the EU’s proposed dairy fund should be distributed amongst the nation’s dairy farmers.
27/01/2010
News With spring planting weeks away, NFU Scotland is encouraging its members to only consider growing those crops that they believe they can sell profitably this coming harvest.
22/01/2010
News Scots all over the world will be gathering on Monday (25 Jan) to celebrate the life and verse of Rabbie Burns, at the annual Burns night.
22/01/2010
News A group of Scotland’s leading livestock producers have visited Anglo Beef Processors’ (ABP) Perth plant to view ongoing trials looking at the possibility of clipping cattle post-slaughter as an alternative to clipping the animals live on farm.
21/01/2010
News The initial findings of an independent inquiry into the delivery of agricultural support in Scotland have been welcomed by NFU Scotland as an excellent start point for stimulating debate.
21/01/2010
News NFU Scotland’s proposals for Scotland’s Less Favoured Areas Support Scheme, seeking a more equitable deal for all Scotland’s LFA livestock farmers, has been run past both Scottish Government and EU Commission officials in recent days.
20/01/2010
News Positive market signals suggest there is no reason why Scottish and UK cattle and sheep prices should not remain firm during 2010, the chairman of NFU Scotland’s livestock board said today (Wednesday, 20 January).
20/01/2010
News With more than 200 farm and horticultural buildings suffering major structural damage during the recent snowstorms, NFU Scotland is urging all affected farmers and growers to complete the Scottish Government questionnaire issued to assess the situation.
18/01/2010
News NFU Scotland is delighted that the UK Government has accepted a Competition Commission recommendation and will establish an ombudsman to police the grocery supply chain in the UK. Consultation on the shape and role of the body will commence next month.
13/01/2010