Blog Despite the very challenging drop in the UK milk price, a recent European study trip painted a positive outlook for the dairy sector and its opportunities according to NFU Scotland’s Milk Committee Chair Bruce Mackie.
30/10/2023
News NFU Scotland President Martin Kennedy used the Union’s autumn conference as a platform to call on the Scottish Government to focus on the agricultural industry’s priorities if it is to meet the nation’s ambitions on climate change, biodiversity and rural communities.
26/10/2023
Blog Address by President Martin Kennedy to NFU Scotland Autumn Conference in Dunfermline, 26 October 2023.
26/10/2023
News NFU Scotland’s Next Generation group are asking: “Do you want to enable a strong successful future for your business?”
25/10/2023
News Nominations for Vice President role open with voting to take place at Union AGM in Glasgow in February 2024
24/10/2023
News An announcement from the manufacturers of the only viable plant protection product available to control bracken on Scottish hillsides is a further blow to controlling this invasive plant.
18/10/2023
Blog Scotland’s farmers and crofters will make their voices heard as Scottish Government opens the process whereby communities and organisations are invited to submit proposals to become Scotland’s next national park writes NFU Scotland’s Environmental resources Policy Manager Sarah Cowie.
12/10/2023
News The extreme rainfall across much of Scotland on Friday, Saturday and Sunday has left many of Scotland’s farmers and crofters using the next 24 to 48 hours to assess the scale of damage and the impact to their businesses.
09/10/2023
News NFU Scotland is using its attendance at political party conferences this autumn to call for all political parties to increase agricultural funding and commit to ringfenced multi-annual delivery in the future.
04/10/2023
News With the recent launch of the Scottish Government’s Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill, the need to secure a profitable and sustainable future for Scottish Agriculture and the role of policy and regulation in delivering it will be the focus of the NFU Scotland Autumn Conference on Thursday 26 October.
04/10/2023