News With heavy rain forecast to continue over the festive period, NFU Scotland continues to work with Scottish Government and SEPA on the problems being experienced with regards to safe slurry storage and application in a year of record rainfall.
21/12/2012
News CAP reform took a step in the right direction this week as Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) published their latest set of amendments to EU proposals.
20/12/2012
News NFUS Scotland is assisting those Scottish farmers short of essential fodder and bedding this winter with guidance on how to make the most of short supplies.
19/12/2012
News Scotland’s farming union is gearing up to mark its centenary in 2013.
19/12/2012
News Scotland’s farming union is appealing to shoppers to look for the Specially Selected Pork label as a sure-fire way of knowing that the meat they buy meets EU regulations on pig welfare.
19/12/2012
News NFU Scotland has reiterated its call to the Scottish Government and EU decision-makers to prioritise Less Favoured Area (LFA) support and map out its development over the next few years.
19/12/2012
News There will be a new face in NFU Scotland’s Presidential team for its Centenary year but there will be no voting at the Union’s AGM at St Andrews in February 2013.
18/12/2012
News NFU Scotland has called on milk processors and their representative body, Dairy UK, to recognise and operate to the voluntary Code of Practice (vCoP) for milk contracts.
18/12/2012
News NFU Scotland’s officeholders have used the Union’s annual report and its Christmas press briefing to reinforce the message that securing a CAP Reform deal to secure the future of the industry in Scotland is its priority for 2013.
18/12/2012