Blog After one of the most volatile years on record, defined by the dreadful conflict in Ukraine, unprecedented input price increases and unsustainable output prices, 2023 must see the nation reset its priorities.
30/12/2022
Blog After biodiversity announcements last week, are Scottish farmers and crofters any clearer on what is required of them asks NFU Scotland’s Environmental Resources Policy Manager Sarah Cowie.
21/12/2022
Blog NFU Scotland’s formal submission to the Scottish Government’s consultation on a new Agriculture Bill has now gone in but members have until Monday (5 December) to make their own submission writes Director of Policy Jonnie Hall.
01/12/2022
Blog The ‘Next Generation’ of farmers from across the UK have been gathering to jointly identify the barriers and opportunities to getting a start in the industry according to Policy Assistant Lisa Hislop.
21/11/2022
Blog NFU Scotland President Martin Kennedy addressing AgriScot 2022 held at Ingliston on 16 November.
17/11/2022
Blog The 2022 harvest was one full of ‘firsts’ according to Angus arable farmer Amy Geddes when she addressed NFU Scotland’s Autumn Conference in Dunfermline.
01/11/2022
Blog If it’s not foxes, badgers and sea eagles that farmers have to worry about, it’s now pigs. Feral Pigs have become a problem over the past few years to the point now that they are being seen in broad daylight attacking, killing and eating sheep, damaging crops and presenting a serious threat of disease.
20/10/2022
Blog Scotland’s pig sector is ‘drowning not waving’ warns NFU Scotland’s Pigs Committee chair Jamie Wyllie as he criticises the Scottish Government for giving it the ‘cold shoulder.’
22/09/2022
Blog Scotland’s farmers and crofters are being urged to respond to a Scottish Government consultation closing shortly (30 October) to ensure land reform works for the farming community, writes Karen Grant, Good Practice Adviser, Scottish Land Commission in a guest blog for NFU Scotland.
20/09/2022
Blog Scottish Government must start delivering information on future policy direction now if it is to curb growing anger and frustration and provide farmers and crofters with any degree of confidence going forward writes NFU Scotland President Martin Kennedy.
01/09/2022