News NFU Scotland is writing to the UK Government after plans to change trailer test requirements stalled.
22/11/2021
News Scottish Government has been contacting farmers and crofters who had a reduction and/or penalties to their 2015 claim forms informing them of the reasons.
18/11/2021
News Backed by an unprecedented level of member engagement, NFU Scotland has called on Scottish Government to put in place a future agricultural policy that enables the industry to deliver on food production, climate change ambitions and biodiversity enhancement.
17/11/2021
News Scottish Government has announced amendments to the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 following its 12-week consultation earlier this year.
12/11/2021
News NFU Scotland’s North East region is holding an event next week (Wednesday 17 November) to help farmers and those keen to enter the industry plan for the future.
11/11/2021
News NFU Scotland members are invited to a North East rural crime event at Gray Farms, Portsoy, on Wednesday 1 December.
10/11/2021
News During COP26, the Kerr family hosted Cabinet Minister for Rural Affairs Mairi Gougeon to their dairy business at Woodhead Farm, Newmilns, Ayrshire, to demonstrate how they are farming for a better climate.
10/11/2021
News The Scrapie Monitoring Scheme (SMS) has been amended to allow for a new status that will support breeding sheep sales between Scotland and Northern Ireland.
10/11/2021
News At a time when milk volumes are reducing and on farm costs rising, NFU Scotland’s Milk Committee chair milk Gary Mitchell is telling the supply chain to act now and send greater confidence back down the chain to primary producers in the form of increased farmgate milk prices.
09/11/2021
News NFU Scotland is urging all poultry keepers - large and small - to comply with new biosecurity measures announced yesterday following confirmation of highly pathogenic Avian Influenza in wild birds and a backyard flock in Scotland.
04/11/2021