News Scotland’s soft fruit and vegetable growers will be placed at a huge competitive disadvantage when the National Living Wage comes into force next April.
07/10/2015
News Believing that the Scottish Government will not meet its December window for delivering the new CAP support payments, NFU Scotland has called on it to come clean on the payment timetable.
07/10/2015
News NFU Scotland, NFU Mutual, Police Scotland and other stakeholders are working hard to make the countryside a safer place to live and work.
06/10/2015
News The exchange rate to be used to calculate support to be delivered through Scotland’s new Basic Payment Scheme is €1= £0.73129.
30/09/2015
News NFU Scotland will use a national conference on Scottish hill farming to recognise the invaluable contribution made by the sector but state that future support arrangements are crucial to its future success.
30/09/2015
News NFU Scotland (NFUS) and Scottish Land & Estates (SL&E) have spoken out in opposition to plans to extend the boundary of the Pentland Hills Regional Park, amid fears that the un-costed proposals will lead to an unfair and unnecessary burden on farmers and land managers in the area.
29/09/2015
News NFU Scotland has stressed to the Scottish Government the need for an urgent derogation from the European Commission in relation to the planting of green cover crops under the new greening guidance of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
25/09/2015
News NFU Scotland is looking for the UK’s biggest retailer to commit to stocking significantly more home produced lamb in the future.
23/09/2015
News NFU Scotland has slammed proposals from Scotland’s environmental body to significantly hike many of its charges.
21/09/2015
News NFU Scotland has secured commitment from Secretary of State for Scotland, David Mundell, for facilitation of a meeting with Defra Farming Minister George Eustice to discuss a review of the allocation of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) convergence money.
17/09/2015