News A unique opportunity to see why the judges of the 2010 Future Farmer Award were inspired by the Park family of Drinkstone, Hawick comes in an open invitation to an open day this month.
08/07/2011
News The European Parliament’s decision today to support EU Commission proposals to relax the rules that permit the use of animal protein in animal feed has been welcomed by NFU Scotland.
06/07/2011
News MEPs have today (Wednesday 6 July) adopted new rules that will see mandatory Country of Origin Labelling (COOL) extended to include fresh meat from pigs, sheep, goats and poultry.
06/07/2011
News NFU Scotland is concerned that the European Parliament’s vote in favour of a draft report which would allow EU Member States to disallow GM planting according to non-scientific reasons, such as socio-economic factors, is putting the EU on a retrograde path which flies in the face of science.
06/07/2011
News NFU Scotland attended the Tesco AGM today (Friday 1 July) to urge the retailer to recognise the true cost of the high health, quality and welfare standards demanded of British pig farmers.
01/07/2011
News The intended CAP budget, as outlined in the EU Commission’s newly proposed Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF), is as good as can be expected, given current economic circumstances, according to NFU Scotland.
30/06/2011
News Decision-makers across the EU are waiting with bated breath for EU Commissioners to announce how the EU budget – including that of the CAP - will be distributed from 2014-2020.
29/06/2011
News The age at which cattle entering the food chain require to be tested for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) will increase from 48 months to 72 months tomorrow (1 July), recognising the huge strides made to eradicate the disease across the EU.
29/06/2011
News NFU Scotland has called on the Payments Council to abandon its plans to abolish the ability to make payments by cheque by October 2018.
29/06/2011
News NFU Scotland is calling on Europe to properly recognise the robust traceability being delivered by Scotland’s sheep industry and not press ahead with unrealistic and damaging compliance requirements on electronic tagging (EID) and movement reporting.
29/06/2011