Blog As we move from autumn into winter, and the prospect of further problems with fuel and filters, it is worth looking at the seasonality factors that affect diesel and gasoil fuels writes Nigel Elliot, chair of the BSI Agricultural Filter Blocking Taskforce in this guest blog for NFU Scotland.
21/10/2020
Blog Evidence given to the House of Lords on what the issues around a US/UK trade deal are likely to be was eye-opening writes Vice President Martin Kennedy.
19/10/2020
Blog Covid-19 has affected everyone this year and Scotland’s farmers and crofters are no different. This Ag Mental Health Week, Vice President Martin Kennedy is asking members to think about their neighbours and colleagues who might be feeling isolated because of the Covid-19 restrictions.
16/10/2020
Blog Recently we learned that African Swine Fever (ASF) was discovered in wild boar in Germany. We have been expecting this moment for a long time but now that it has finally hit, does this mean the UK Government will take it any more seriously?
28/09/2020
Blog Soggy bottoms and showstoppers at the ready… the Great British Bake Off is back on our screens and the Great British public are getting ready to break out their aprons.
25/09/2020
Blog Climate change is an extremely complex topic, and the more you learn and understand about it, the more confusing it becomes writes Vice President Martin Kennedy.
22/09/2020
Blog With just over three months to go, Britain has struck its first post-Brexit trade deal and momentum is building quickly writes President Andrew McCornick.
16/09/2020
Blog At midnight on the 15 September, the DEFRA consultation on milk contracts will close.
11/09/2020
Blog As we celebrate food production through Scottish Food Fortnight and ahead of Back British Farming Day tomorrow (Wednesday 9 September), NFU Scotland President Andrew McCornick contends that there is ‘no such thing as cheap food.’
08/09/2020
Blog Due to the fast-approaching Scottish parliamentary elections in May 2021, the legislative proposals in the Programme for Government from the First Minister yesterday (1 September) were slim writes Political Affairs Manager Clare Slipper.
02/09/2020