News Following pressure from NFU Scotland, the Scottish Government has announced that it will look sympathetically at cases of NVZ where poor weather has stopped many farmers from spreading their slurry in time.
16/10/2017
News NFU Scotland is urging Scotland’s farmers and crofters to respond to the BPS and Greening Loan Scheme offers ahead of the 20 October deadline.
13/10/2017
News Responding to an Ofcom consultation on Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), NFUS has strongly defended the right of on-farm grain dryers to remain part of the scheme.
13/10/2017
News NFU Scotland AHDB’s latest Horizon modelling report ‘Brexit scenarios: An impact assessment’ which will be launched tomorrow at our Grain Market Outlook conference.
11/10/2017
News Guest Speakers for the evening will be Charlie Adam, Chairman of the Unions Livestock Committee, and Alan Clarke, CEO Quality Meat Scotland.
11/10/2017
News NFU Scotland has briefed Scottish MEP’s about the risks to Scotland’s iconic beef industry of poorly negotiated trade deals.
11/10/2017
News NFU Scotland is reminding hill farmers and crofters that, following a Union request, the deadline for applying to the Scottish Upland Sheep Support Scheme (SUSSS) has been extended to 30 November 2017.
10/10/2017
News NFU Scotland has called for politicians of all parties to recognise and protect the huge economic and environmental contribution of Scottish agriculture in the Brexit negotiations.
09/10/2017
News Farm walks held as part of Dumfries and Galloway’s business week have shown the dedication and innovation that ensures farming remains a central plank of the region’s economy.
05/10/2017
News Despite some milk prices now stretching to more than 30p per litre (ppl), NFU Scotland states that Scotland’s dairy farmers are still being short-changed.
04/10/2017