Blog The UK Government’s recent budget where full relief for inheritance tax in agriculture will be discontinued has caused more concern amongst farmers across the UK than I have seen in decades and understandably so writes NFU Scotland President Martin Kennedy.
30/12/2024
Blog It is incredible that 2025 is just a few days away, and early next year, I will be stepping down from a position that I have been honoured to hold over the past four years.
27/12/2024
Blog NFUS met the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) in a roundtable discussion involving members of the Combinable Crop Committee and representatives from the SWA’s Net Zero Working Group.
12/12/2024
Blog The passion and commitment of dairy farmers up and down the country has impressed Richard Thompson, the new Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator.
11/12/2024
Blog To highlight the industry’s need for continued, secure support, Ben McClymont, Chair of the Union’s Next Generation Committee, said the following to more than 1,000 rallying farmers and crofters outside Scottish Parliament last week (28 November).
06/12/2024
Blog Farmers, crofters, and rural stakeholders from across Scotland have seen Scottish Government deliver a budget that gives some security to the future of farming and crofting, but only for the year ahead.
04/12/2024
Blog The whole Scottish agricultural industry must rally outside Holyrood on Thursday 28 November to send a crystal-clear message to Scottish Government on what it must deliver in its budget on Wednesday 4 December writes NFU Scotland President Martin Kennedy.
21/11/2024
Blog The future for agricultural funding is 'firmly and exclusively' with Scottish Government.
13/11/2024
Blog NFUS Vice President Andrew Connon delivered his keynote speech to Maltsters Association of Great Britain.
12/11/2024
Blog Prices should be set fair above 40p until the second quarter of 2025 but watch out for the Northern Irish warns dairy analyst Chris Walkland ahead of his regular appearance as part of the Kite/Scottish Dairy Hub seminar tomorrow (13 November)
12/11/2024