Blog This year has been challenging for Scotland’s arable sector due to Brexit, Covid-19 and, less unusually, the weather writes Combinable Crops Committee Chairman Willie Thomson.
25/11/2020
News NFU Scotland is looking to Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak to show a clear commitment to supporting Scottish agriculture when he makes his spending review announcement tomorrow.
24/11/2020
News ‘Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish farmers and their respective rural economies must not be the losers from a battle over funding between devolved governments and Westminster.’
24/11/2020
News NFU Scotland and the Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT)have teamed up to hold a topical and important panel event which will examine how Scotland’s farmers and crofters can deliver for biodiversity and the climate.
23/11/2020
Blog NFU Scotland and the Home Office are holding an exclusive seminar for NFU Scotland members who recruit workers from outside the UK.
23/11/2020
News NFU Scotland has welcomed the announcement that the food and drink sector is to receive £5 million from Scottish Government to help its recovery from the devastating impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) and prepare for uncertainties of Brexit.
21/11/2020
Blog The roller coaster that has been 2020 continues to give us some unexpected twists and turns and we must make sure that farming’s role in our green recovery isn’t derailed writes Pete Moss, chair of NFU Scotland’s Next Generation Group.
20/11/2020
News NFU Scotland are asking their members to fill out their inaugural connectivity survey, to help lobby for improved mobile and broadband connectivity for farmers and crofters.
19/11/2020
News NFU Scotland is reminding hill farmers and crofters that the deadline for applying to the Scottish Upland Sheep Support Scheme (SUSSS) is approaching.
19/11/2020
News NFU Scotland’s President, Andrew McCornick, has called on Scottish Government to increasingly focus on the economy as the nation emerges from the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, tackles the climate emergency, and prepares for life outside the EU.
18/11/2020