News With new requirements coming into force on 1 April for VAT-registered businesses with a taxable turnover about £85,000, NFU Scotland is reminding its members to ensure they are compliant.
29/03/2019
News Reports that the European Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCoPAFF) has voted against renewing the approval of fungicide chlorothalonil will rob Scottish growers of a vital plant protection product.
25/03/2019
News NFU Scotland is urging dog owners to be responsible and control their dogs on farmland when out and about this spring.
20/03/2019
News The UK farming unions have joined NFU Scotland in writing to Chancellor Philip Hammond warning that the recent UK applied tariff policy announcement is another example of how British farming will be damaged by a no-deal Brexit.
20/03/2019
News The beginning of March has seen three tractors stolen from farmers in the Fife area, which is on top of the significant increase seen in the area over the last three months, leading NFU Scotland, with Police Scotland, to issue a warning to all local farmers.
15/03/2019
News With the Single Application Form (SAF) window opening tomorrow (Friday 15 March), NFU Scotland is encouraging crofters and farmers to prioritise filling out their forms online before the 15 May deadline.
14/03/2019
News A north east farm is giving people the chance to meet its farm animals and learn about farming at an open event later this month.
13/03/2019
News Publication of the Government’s tariff schedule in the event of a no-deal Brexit has further exposed the catastrophic impact that a no deal would have on the nation’s farming; food and drink sectors and the wider rural economy.
13/03/2019
News Over a two week period NFU Scotland staff and members have been in some of Scotland’s most popular supermarket chains to get a snapshot of the amount of home-produced beef available over imported beef.
13/03/2019
News With collaboration across the agricultural industry increasing to tackle the blight of livestock worrying by dogs, NFU Scotland’s Ayrshire region has teamed up with local police to launch a local initiative.
13/03/2019