News Given the vital role that transport plays in Scotland’s livestock industry, NFU Scotland has been deeply critical of proposals included in Defra and Scottish Government consultations that closed this week.
26/02/2021
News NFU Scotland is calling on both the UK Government and the EU Commission to build on the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), that came into force at the start of the year and which secured no tariffs or quotas on agri-food goods.
25/02/2021
News Joining the Union as Policy Manager for Crops, David Michie takes over from Peter Loggie who retires in early April.
24/02/2021
News NFU Scotland’s Board of Directors has a fresh look following recent national, regional and committee elections.
23/02/2021
News NFU Scotland President Martin Kennedy has urged farmers and crofters to respond directly to damaging Defra proposals on animal transport ahead of the 25 February deadline.
22/02/2021
News Farmers and crofters must take a ‘transformation pathway’ to ensure that Scottish agriculture meets the challenge of limiting global warming to 1.5°C.
22/02/2021
News Rural tourism businesses have welcomed the announcement that legislation for a short-term lets licensing scheme has been withdrawn from the Scottish Parliament to allow for draft guidance to be developed.
19/02/2021
News Highland Perthshire farmer Martin Kennedy has been elected the 63rd President of NFU Scotland. Mr Kennedy, who has been a Vice President at the Union since 2017, now takes over one of the top jobs in Scottish agriculture.
12/02/2021
News The Membership Flame – an NFU Scotland award that recognises outstanding efforts in recruitment and retention of members - has gone to the hard-working Perth team of Margaret Hebbourn, Katy Neill, and Marc Robb.
11/02/2021
News NFU Scotland Chief Executive, Scott Walker has said ‘family is at the heart of NFU Scotland’ during his address to members tuning into today’s (Thursday 11 February) AGM online.
11/02/2021