Blog Recently we learned that African Swine Fever (ASF) was discovered in wild boar in Germany. We have been expecting this moment for a long time but now that it has finally hit, does this mean the UK Government will take it any more seriously?
28/09/2020
Blog Soggy bottoms and showstoppers at the ready… the Great British Bake Off is back on our screens and the Great British public are getting ready to break out their aprons.
25/09/2020
Blog Climate change is an extremely complex topic, and the more you learn and understand about it, the more confusing it becomes writes Vice President Martin Kennedy.
22/09/2020
Blog With just over three months to go, Britain has struck its first post-Brexit trade deal and momentum is building quickly writes President Andrew McCornick.
16/09/2020
Blog At midnight on the 15 September, the DEFRA consultation on milk contracts will close.
11/09/2020
Blog As we celebrate food production through Scottish Food Fortnight and ahead of Back British Farming Day tomorrow (Wednesday 9 September), NFU Scotland President Andrew McCornick contends that there is ‘no such thing as cheap food.’
08/09/2020
Blog Due to the fast-approaching Scottish parliamentary elections in May 2021, the legislative proposals in the Programme for Government from the First Minister yesterday (1 September) were slim writes Political Affairs Manager Clare Slipper.
02/09/2020
Blog With official land inspections well underway, sheep inspections to begin this month (September) and cattle inspections in October, now is the time to make sure everything is complete and up to date, says NFU Scotland’s Livestock Committee Chairman Jimmy Ireland.
01/09/2020