Blog When I was asked to write about my experience of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), I thought it was impossible to describe the scale and horror of the disaster that overtook our lives 20 years ago writes Robin Spence, Roberthill, Lockerbie.
26/02/2021
Blog With convergence funding spent, attention must turn to the future writes Director of Policy Jonnie Hall.
25/02/2021
Blog Red Tractor Assurance is undertaking a periodic review of farm assurance standards across multiple sectors and we need members to get engaged writes Vice President Andrew Connon.
23/02/2021
Blog Today (19 February 2021) marks the 20th anniversary of the start of the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak of 2001 – the worst the UK has ever experienced recalls Sheila Voas, Chief Veterinary Officer (Scotland).
19/02/2021
Blog One of the side effects of having to conduct most NFUS meetings online now is that it has really shown up who has decent broadband and who has not.
16/02/2021
Blog Scottish farming and crofting, stands on the edge of the most significant change in generations, having left Europe and the transition period, said President Andrew McCornick in his address to NFU Scotland’s 2021 AGM.
11/02/2021
Blog As demand for high quality, sustainably produced food grows across the world, Scotland will be leading the charge according to Tim Smith, Chair of the Trade and Agriculture Commission.
09/02/2021
Blog What price better mobile connectivity asks Kate Russell of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV)? In a guest blog for NFU Scotland, she writes:
08/02/2021
Blog Common-sense and practicality must be factored into proposals and inquiries into animal transport writes Vice President Charlie Adam, after more than 300 members join NFU Scotland webinars on the subject. He writes:
04/02/2021
Blog Other than COVID-19, the big science news in 2020 was that the Nobel Prize in chemistry had gone to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna, who discovered the technology now called Gene editing writes Prof Colin D Campbell, Chief Executive, James Hutton Institute.
01/02/2021