News NFU Scotland has given its backing to changes to Agricultural Holdings legislation that could see a secure tenancy passing from grandparent to grandchild.
27/06/2011
News NFU Scotland has written to Europe’s competition authorities raising concerns over a lack of price transparency and competition in the fertiliser market.
23/06/2011
News NFU Scotland is continuing to build on the clear mandate given to it by dairy producers on the need for significant changes to milk pricing and contractual arrangements in the dairy industry.
23/06/2011
News NFU Scotland is backing calls to curb the damage that financial speculation is wreaking on agricultural commodities markets. Communities both in the developed and the developing world are feeling the impact.
23/06/2011
News NFU Scotland believes today’s European Parliamentary vote on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a significant milestone in the reform process but attention will quickly shift to next week’s crucial publication of Commission proposals on budgets for 2013 to 2020.
23/06/2011
News NFU Scotland has launched a ‘Shelf Watch’ campaign in Edinburgh today (Tuesday 21 June) designed to show the best – and worst – of Scottish branding on shop shelves.
21/06/2011
News French President Nicolas Sarkozy has put agriculture at the top of the global agenda at a conference attended by NFU Scotland’s vice-presidents, Allan Bowie and John Picken and Policy Director, Scott Walker. NFUS has joined representatives of agricultural organisations from 75 countries at a Paris conference to discuss ‘food challenges’ as a precursor to next week’s G20 meeting of agriculture ministers, which will be presided over by France.
17/06/2011
News NFU Scotland has called on the Scottish Government to avoid further regulations around the protection of water margins and, instead, recognise the work that joint industry initiatives are doing to tackle diffuse pollution.
17/06/2011
News NFU Scotland’s vice-president, John Picken heartily welcomed the opening of the new NFU Mutual/NFU Scotland Islay office at an opening ceremony on Tuesday 14 June.
16/06/2011
News NFU Scotland has warmly welcomed a fantastic new recipe booklet, ‘Choose It and Use It’ out today (Thursday 16 June) that features celebrity chefs encouraging consumers to see the versatility in cooking with British pork.
16/06/2011