Blog Using my recent media training, which encouraged me to focus on the positive, I wondered how that could be applied to the announcement that a parachute payment will be introduced for our Less Favoured Areas Support Scheme in 2018 writes Vice President Martin Kennedy.
11/04/2017
Blog Three sheep worrying events were held in March 2017 where NFU Scotland teamed up with local officers from Police Scotland and local Council employees.
05/04/2017
Blog In March, RHET Borders Countryside Initiative visited every primary school in the Scottish Borders with a tractor.
05/04/2017
Blog Another year on and our farmers and crofters are still facing the same challenges from the Scottish Government’s IT system, set up to deliver support writes NFU Scotland President Andrew McCornick
29/03/2017
Blog Food and drink exports from Scotland are again being hailed as a great success story. Last year a record £5.5 billion was exported. This creates wealth for Scotland and jobs. Around one fifth of all the manufacturing jobs in Scotland are part of the food industry.
20/03/2017
Blog Does every farm need an apprentice asks NFU Scotland Vice President Gary Mitchell?
14/03/2017
Blog Was the budget a missed opportunity writes NFU Scotland's Parliamentary Officer Clare Slipper?
09/03/2017
Blog Experience in other parts of the world simply serves to reinforce the need for a managed balance in the Scottish countryside.
07/03/2017
Blog Headline farm income figures may suggest things are turning around but they always require careful interpretation writes NFU Scotland's Director of Policy Jonnie Hall.
31/01/2017
Blog The Prime Minister, Theresa May MP delivered a speech this afternoon in which she set out the key principles she will stick to in the upcoming negotiation withdrawing the UK from the EU writes NFU Scotland's Parliamentary Officer Clare Slipper.
17/01/2017