News NFU Scotland is to meet with Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tomorrow evening (Tuesday 8 March) ahead of a rally of farmers and crofters to be held at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on Thursday 10 March.
07/03/2016
News The newly appointed chairman of NFU Scotland’s New Generation group has called on Scottish Government to speed up payments to those who have applied to the new basic CAP support scheme under the National Reserve and Young Farmers top up.
04/03/2016
News NFU Scotland is engaging with MSPs to ensure the Land Reform Bill strikes the right balance between enhancing community ownership and protecting productive farming units as it moves into its final stages.
03/03/2016
News Scotland’s farmers and crofters are to rally at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh next week (Thursday 10 March) to highlight to Scotland’s politicians the deepening cash crisis in Scotland’s countryside.
02/03/2016
News As short term recovery prospects for the crisis-hit dairy sector weaken, NFU Scotland has called on all parts of the supply chain to take a considered, collaborative approach to preserve the Scottish dairy sector.
02/03/2016
News NFU Scotland has called for Scottish Government to work with the European Commission in a bid to deliver unpaid CAP support to Scotland’s farmers and crofters.
02/03/2016
News NFU Scotland Livestock Committee is calling for a fairer share of the retail price of beef to be fed down the chain.
01/03/2016
News Livestock worrying incidents in Scotland are at their highest for six years, according to figures obtained by NFU Scotland.
01/03/2016
News The hole in Scotland’s rural economy is to get wider as Scottish Government will miss its traditional payment window for delivering lifeline payments to the hill farming sector.
01/03/2016