Blog If I hadn't appreciated before that stepping up into the President's position would bring greater media scrutiny, I do now. Fastest out of the blocks were Ewan at The Courier and Gemma at the Press and Journal.
18/02/2015
Blog David Bowie (no relation!) perhaps summed up life at NFU Scotland right now when he sang about changes. I am very pleased to be elected into the post of President. It will be a huge task to follow Nigel, but also a huge privilege. I appreciate all the support from the council and members in electing me, and, going forward it is certainly going to remain challenging. I look forward to representing members on all sectors and scales.
11/02/2015
Blog It is a bleak start to the New Year for milk producers. The worldwide collapse in dairy commodity values, compounded by the Russian food ban, continues to have a catastrophic impact on the milk price being received by many Scottish dairy farmers. Last week's announcement by the farmer-owned business First Milk underlines the extreme lengths some milk processors are having to undertake to secure their businesses in light of falling powder prices and cheese values. We spoke at length to the First Milk
12/01/2015