Blog When it comes to conservation and the promotion of biodiversity, farmers and crofters must be part of the discussion writes NFU Scotland Vice President Martin Kennedy.
27/09/2018
News The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is currently requesting views from farmers, growers and others in the food supply chain on the future need for the levy body, and to gain a better understanding of what stakeholders believe the levy body should deliver.
26/09/2018
News Ahead of National GetOutside Day this weekend, NFU Scotland is reminding people to enjoy the countryside responsibly.
26/09/2018
News NFU Scotland has urged Scottish Government to look more closely at the impact that a Deposit Return Scheme could have on specific sectors in the Scottish food chain that are heavily reliant on plastic packaging, such as milk.
26/09/2018
Blog One week on from the publication of the Agriculture Bill and we are still digesting the detail writes Director of Policy Jonnie Hall.
21/09/2018
News A long, cold, wet winter suddenly turned into the joint hottest summer on record for the UK, and Scottish farmers feared the worst for their 2018 harvest.
19/09/2018
Blog Planning ahead does not just mean one year at a time, as Livestock Chairman Charlie Adam explains.
14/09/2018
News NFU Scotland is once again seeking harsher penalties for those who let their dogs attack livestock, following the sentencing of an Argyll man earlier this week.
14/09/2018
News In a letter to three Secretaries of State, NFU Scotland has called for changes to be made to the way the UK proposes to deal with new products seeking Protected Food Names (PFN) status post-Brexit.
13/09/2018
News NFU Scotland regards today’s publication of an Agriculture Bill as the next step towards determining the industry’s post-Brexit future and it will study and discuss in detail the proposals presented to Parliament.
12/09/2018