News NFU Scotland has described plans by the UK Government to postpone animal and plant health checks on goods coming into the UK from the EU until the end of 2023 as ‘utter madness’.
29/04/2022
News NFU Scotland has welcomed the first track of Scottish Government’s National Test Programme (NTP), entitled ‘Preparing for Sustainable Farming’, that sees guidance published for farmers and crofters on how access support for carbon audits and soil testing – both of which will help the sector reduce emissions and improve efficiency.
29/04/2022
Blog Recently, NFUS participated in some joint working with the Land Commission to understand farmers perceptions of land rights and responsibilities and how this applied to them.
28/04/2022
News An NFU Scotland delegation has completed an intensive two-day cross-party lobbying visit to Westminster highlighting the critical issues impacting farmers and crofters to politicians.
27/04/2022
News NFU Scotland is tackling the fierce debate around carbon with an internal membership consultation and an open Webinar taking place on 9 May.
27/04/2022
News NFU Scotland continues to put food security front and centre of its lobbying priorities.
26/04/2022
Blog While farmers and crofters can see this food security issue coming, there are many who are, sadly, far too blinkered and only interested in the short term writes NFU Scotland President Martin Kennedy. He adds:
26/04/2022
News NFU Scotland’s Poultry Working Group has welcomed the announcement that, from Monday 2 May, housing measures placed on birds in late November 2021 because of Avian Influenza will be lifted.
26/04/2022
News Lauren Worrell is joining the NFU Scotland team, taking over the role of Regional Manager for Argyll and the Islands.
20/04/2022
Blog In the last five weeks the Standard Pig Price (SPP) has risen by almost 20p per kg, some supermarkets have announced record profits, some feed suppliers have called force majeure on forward bought products and pig farmers are still losing money according to Jamie Wyllie, chair of NFU Scotland’s Pigs Committee. He writes:
18/04/2022