News NFU Scotland is urgently requesting its members to contact their MPs ahead of the UK Government’s Agriculture Bill’s anticipated return to the House of Commons next week.
30/09/2020
News NFU Scotland is urging its members to participate in what is expected to be the most comprehensive survey of Scottish beaver numbers and their range.
29/09/2020
News Elaine Robertson from NFU Scotland’s Keith Branch, has left to pursue new interests after 33 years.
28/09/2020
News Giving evidence to the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee today (Wednesday 23 September), NFU Scotland Vice President Charlie Adam spoke about the serious issue of irresponsible access-taking by dog owners which can result in injury and death to livestock.
23/09/2020
News Reports from around the country suggest Scotland’s 2020 cereal harvest is drawing to a close and many parts have been blessed with ideal sowing conditions to get much of next year’s crop into the ground.
23/09/2020
News NFU Scotland has appointed Stephen Hepburn as its new Senior Group Secretary and Senior Agent based at the busy NFU Mutual Thainstone Agency, Inverurie.
23/09/2020
News As Scotland’s soft fruit season draws to a close and vegetable harvesting and packing gears up for the autumn, NFU Scotland has called on the UK Government to make decisions now that will allow the crucial recruitment of non-UK staff in 2021.
22/09/2020
News With the UK officially out of the EU from 31 December 2020, NFU Scotland is striving to prepare its farming and crofting members for the changes their businesses could face.
17/09/2020
News Defra’s 12-week long consultation on “Contractual relationships in the UK dairy industry” closed last night. This consultation was in response to concerns raised that primary producers, including dairy farmers, tend to occupy positions of relative market weakness in the food supply chain.
16/09/2020
News Scotland’s leading rural and environmental organisations have written an open letter to Roseanna Cunningham MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform, calling on the Scottish Government to urgently provide clarity on how it intends to move forward its work on tackling flytipping.
16/09/2020