News Farmers and politicians will unite behind calls for Europe to put food production first in any debate this week around fuel duty rebates and increased taxation on the fuel that farming uses according to NFU Scotland.
12/04/2011
News NFU Scotland has highlighted that nitrogen fertiliser is fundamental to food production and that responsible and efficient use on farm can benefit both the environment and the farmer’s bottom line.
11/04/2011
News In advance of the impending Scottish elections, taking place on Thursday, 5 May, Scotland’s farming union has laid out its challenge to political parties and their candidates on the key issues for the future of Scottish food and farming.
07/04/2011
News NFU Scotland is reminding those looking at investment in renewable energy and hoping to make use of the Communities and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) Loan Fund that applications close on 30 April 2011.
06/04/2011
News NFU Scotland’s milk committee is extending an open invitation to dairy processors – based at home and abroad – to look at the investment opportunities that exist in Scotland’s milk fields.
04/04/2011
News NFU Scotland is urging all livestock farmers within Scotland’s Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ) to ensure that they have the required slurry storage on their farm before the three-year exemption period for storage runs out on 1 January, 2012.
31/03/2011
News An NFU Scotland delegation took encouragement from the UK Government's willingness to engage with Scotland on ongoing Common Agricultural Policy discussions following a meeting in Westminster today (Wednesday 30 march). The group also left the meeting having had a positive discussion around the establishment of the supermarket adjudicator.
30/03/2011
News NFU Scotland has welcomed confirmation that Scotland’s beef herd is on the rise following an increase in successful claims made to the Scottish Beef Calf Scheme (SBCS). According to Scottish Government figures, approximately 422,500 calves were claimed in 2010 - around 16,500 more than in 2009.
30/03/2011
News Three years ago, Scotland and Great Britain's response to the threat of Bluetongue virus (BTV) united our livestock producers, politicians and vets in the common goal of keeping our country free from this devastating livestock disease.
30/03/2011
News A new working group established by NFU Scotland is tackling the many issues and challenges that farmers face when tapping in to the growing renewable energy sector.
29/03/2011