Blog The good news is that harvest has started, and we have cut our winter barley. The bad news is that, since then, the weather has turned for the worse and a promising harvest has turned into a stop/start affair around the country writes Combinable Crops Chairman Ian Sands.
08/08/2019
Blog Environmental and food policy – the trick is finding the right key to make it work writes Lothian and Borders Regional Chairman Kelvin Pate.
07/08/2019
Blog Can we find a ‘no ifs, no buts’ Brexit deal that works for Scottish farmers and crofters asks NFU Scotland Political Affairs Manager Clare Slipper?
02/08/2019
Blog Access to the countryside is fantastic both for improving human health and wellbeing, and pet ownership has been shown to also benefit human health and wellbeing. So, what better way to spend an hour or two than by taking your dog for a walk in the countryside? And of course, in Scotland we are fortunate that our access legislation and the ‘Right to Roam’ allows us, subject to certain rules, to do just that. But let’s pause a moment and think about it from the other perspective.
31/07/2019
Blog As NFU Scotland continues to juggle the day-to-day jobs which most affect members with their long term goals, Director of Policy Jonnie Hall discusses the Union’s ‘Big Six’ priorities and why they are so important.
29/07/2019
Blog As a member of the newly appointed climate change inquiry group, ‘Farming for 1.5 Degrees’, former NFU Scotland President Nigel Miller looks at the challenges faced by the group.
26/07/2019
Blog Farmers need a full toolkit to feed the world, that is according to President Andrew McCornick who is taking aim at the EU’s hazard based approach to regulating plant protection products.
24/07/2019
Blog As NFU Scotland submits its submission to the consultation on the ‘National Islands Plan’, Crofting Policy Manager and Argyll and the Islands Regional Manager Lucy Sumsion discusses her findings from island members’ input to her.
22/07/2019
Blog Scotland needs a new vehicle to drive forward a dynamic and fluid land sector and NFU Scotland Next Generation Chair Colin Ferguson believes that taxation is the key.
19/07/2019
Blog Walking and cycling charity Sustrans and NFU Scotland, the nation’s leading agricultural organisation, have issued a call for consideration between all users of rural roads across the summer period.
18/07/2019