News NFU Scotland has called for Cabinet Secretary Fergus Ewing to hold LFA support at current levels during Grantown-on-Spey meeting
30/08/2018
News Farmers and crofters across Scotland have experienced one of the most unpredictable and challenging eighteen months in memory. For some still awaiting 2017 payments, that support is increasingly in need to safeguard their businesses.
28/08/2018
News NFU Scotland’s Next Generation Group has written to Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy Fergus Ewing expressing its extreme disappointment at the recent news that the New Entrant Capital Grant Scheme will close this week.
28/08/2018
News NFU Scotland is urging tenant farmers to make use of the ‘waygo’ amnesty, first introduced in 2017.
27/08/2018
News Two NFU Scotland committees will welcome Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy, Fergus Ewing MSP to their meetings in Grantown-on-Spey next week.
22/08/2018
News Livestock representatives from NFU Scotland, the Ulster Farmers’ Union and NFU Cymru say the prospect of the UK leaving the EU next March with no trade deal in place is worrying and would have serious implications for the UK’s beef and sheep sectors.
17/08/2018
News With just a fortnight to go until the deadline, NFU Scotland members are being encouraged to not let the opportunity to win a trip to the Oxford Farming Conference pass them by.
16/08/2018
News In an extensive and comprehensive response to the consultation: ‘Stability and Simplicity: Proposals for Rural Funding Transition Period’, the Union has welcomed the Scottish Government’s intent but urged it to move the debate on quickly to the industry’s post-CAP future.
15/08/2018
News Mid-season harvest reports from around Scotland suggest a mixed bag for Scotland’s cereal growers.
14/08/2018
News NFU Scotland members and staff have been carrying out a shelf watch in over 50 Scottish supermarkets this week, to identify which retailers are doing their part to support Scottish sheep farmers during peak production season.
13/08/2018