News NFU Scotland’s secret shoppers have examined over 3000 packs of lamb on Scottish supermarket shelves in recent days and are delighted to find almost 80 percent are Scottish or British – a marked improvement on Easter 2017.
28/03/2018
News A year from the UK officially leaving the European Union, NFU Scotland has launched its latest policy document – ‘STEPS TO CHANGE: A New Agricultural Policy For Scotland’ at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.
28/03/2018
News In a week which saw the UK and EU find agreement on the key issue of the transition period, NFU Scotland attended meetings with Defra officials and Scottish MPs to discuss its views on the latest Defra Command Paper ‘Health and Harmony: The Future for Food, Farming and Environment in a Green Brexit’ and how these plans for England fit in to the Union’s vision for a new agricultural policy in Scotland after Brexit.
22/03/2018
News Members of NFU Scotland’s Crown Estate Tenants Working Group attended the Scottish Parliament to give evidence to the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee in Scottish Parliament this week.
14/03/2018
News ‘How do you get the most from your banker and accountant’ was the question on the lips of attendees at the most recent Dumfries and Galloway Dairy Women Network event which took place on Tuesday 13 March at the Laurie Arms, Haugh of Urr.
14/03/2018
News NFU Scotland has used the latest meeting of the Scottish National Partnership Against Rural Crime (SPARC) to highlight the ongoing blight that livestock worrying by dogs causes for Scottish farmers and crofters.
13/03/2018
News NFU Scotland was pleased to have a constructive initial discussion with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Skills and Education, John Swinney MSP, last week (Thursday 8 March) on opportunities to build on farming and food education within the Scottish schools system.
12/03/2018
News The upcoming Good Food Nation Bill is a prime opportunity to ensure that food producers are more empowered within the supply chain to help deliver on new ambitions for the growth of the food and drink sector.
09/03/2018
News The majority of hill farmers and crofters are due to receive letter offering 90 per cent of last year’s scheme payment over the coming weeks.
06/03/2018
News NFU Scotland has welcomed the recent open meeting held by Buccleuch Estate to allow discourse between senior Estate staff and tenants.
02/03/2018