Blog Watching the humanitarian crisis unfold in Ukraine, NFU Scotland’s Director of Policy Jonnie Hall gives a personal reflection on the scale of the damage being inflicted by the Russian invasion. He writes:
04/03/2022
Blog On behalf of UK farmers and crofters, the following letter of solidarity has been sent to the Ukrainian National Agrarian Forum.
02/03/2022
Blog Other parts of the supply chain are increasingly looking to Scotland’s farmers and crofters to provide them with a ‘get out of jail free’ card on tackling emissions and we must make a stand writes NFU Scotland President Martin Kennedy.
23/02/2022
Blog Labour is a major talking point for business leaders now and is an essential resource for a successful agricultural industry in Scotland said Iain Brown, chair of NFU Scotland’s Horticulture Working Group in his address to the NFU Scotland conference last week.
15/02/2022
Blog Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands Mairi Gougeon MSP addressed NFU Scotland’s conference on February 11 2022. A copy of the address is below:
11/02/2022
Blog Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen, and welcome to our 2022 annual AGM and conference.
10/02/2022
Blog I am pleased to leave January and Veganuary behind for 2022. I don’t know what I expected, but as it is my first year as Livestock and LFA Policy Manager at NFU Scotland I am a little surprised I didn’t notice Veganuary more this year.
02/02/2022
Blog As you know, the cost of fertiliser has gone up a lot. It is difficult to believe that just 12 months ago nitrogen fertiliser cost around £200 /t. You have told us prices are over £600 /t now, and it is not just nitrogen: phosphate and potash prices have also increased a lot.
28/01/2022