News NFU Scotland has written to Scottish Government, asking it to support a proposed Private Member’s Bill to tackle the blight of livestock worrying.
30/05/2018
News A well-known North East dairy farm is throwing open its gates to the public and local schoolchildren as part of the forthcoming Open Farm Sunday celebration.
29/05/2018
News NFU Scotland’s Next Generation Working Group held their AGM on Sunday 20 May at Loch Leven’s Larder, Kinross, where Mark Donald and Sarah Allison were re-elected as Chair and Vice Chair respectably.
23/05/2018
News NFU Scotland has outlined the importance of animal transport to the Scottish livestock industry.
23/05/2018
Blog In uncertain times, taking stock can make good business sense according to Highland Regional Chairman Martin Birse.
21/05/2018
News NFU Scotland has welcomed Emma Harper MSP’s announcement to bring forward a consultation on a Members’ Bill to tackle livestock worrying following on from months of pressure from the Union.
17/05/2018
News NFUS has welcomed the publication by the Scottish Land Commission of the James Hutton Institute report ‘Increasing Availability of Farmland for New Entrants to Agriculture in Scotland’.
17/05/2018
News NFU Scotland has written to Scottish Government seeking reassurance that the appropriate levels of staffing and financial resource are being committed to ensure that it is ready to take on the obligations that will arise after Brexit.
16/05/2018
News
Livestock representatives from farming unions in all parts of the UK attended a meeting in Edinburgh last week, hosted by NFU Scotland. Top of the agenda for the representatives was the on-going uncertainty over the UK Governments policy for post-Brexit trade.
15/05/2018
News A recent UK Farming Roundtable has agreed a list of principles that it believes should guide policy development and implementation once the UK leaves the EU.
14/05/2018