News NFU Scotland has mapped out its vision for a new cross-compliance regime that would see farmers work with officials on improving rule keeping rather than constantly farming under the threat of inspection and penalties.
21/12/2011
News NFU Scotland is already engaged in crucial work to shape a simpler delivery system for Scotland’s Less Favoured Areas support from 2014 onwards.
21/12/2011
News The Union will press the UK Government and wider dairy industry to deliver a meaningful code of practice for the sector in 2012 as it looks to build on the momentum it has created around milk in the past 12 months.
21/12/2011
News As NFUS delivers fresh guidance to its members on developing wind energy projects, the Union has called for the Scottish Government to kick its proposed Agri-Renewables Strategy into gear.
21/12/2011
News NFU Scotland’s President, Nigel Miller was delighted to present a cheque for £2,750 today to the John Fyfe of the war veterans’ charity, Erskine House.
20/12/2011
News The candidates for the offices of NFU Scotland Vice President have been announced today (Tuesday, 20 December) with the news that the existing officeholders will be re-elected unchallenged.
20/12/2011
News NFU Scotland has used its 2011 Annual Report to signal its ongoing commitment to the nation’s new generation of farmers by offering a genuine route into ensuring policy decisions meet the needs of those who are the future of the industry.
20/12/2011
News NFU Scotland has written to the Scottish Government asking for a change to the terms of reference relating to the Woodland Expansion Advisory Group (WEAG) that would allow its members to discuss overall targets for woodland creation.
20/12/2011
News NFU Scotland believes that both the Commission and the UK Government must take a stronger stance on enforcement of new welfare regulations if such legislation is to be taken seriously in future.
20/12/2011
News 2012 will be vital for all those involved in shaping the next CAP and will see NFU Scotland continue its work at home and abroad as it works on the policy’s broad political dimension, its detail and engages with its members on all these aspects.
20/12/2011