News NFU Scotland has welcomed the Scottish Government’s announcement that it will upgrade the government-run bull stud in Inverness, as per the recommendations of the independent Bull Hire Scheme Review Group, established by the Scottish Government in 2009, in which NFU Scotland played a full role.
08/02/2010
News In commenting on the Crofting Reform (Scotland) Bill, NFU Scotland has welcomed the significant improvements written into the Bill since its draft publication in May 2009 but has also highlighted the need for the bill to better tackle key issues such as croft abandonment and neglect.
05/02/2010
News NFU Scotland welcomes today’s introduction of the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP), designed to ensure fair play between supermarkets and their suppliers.
04/02/2010
News NFU Scotland has today (Wednesday 3 February) welcomed the results of a Food Standards Agency (FSA) nation-wide consumer survey, which has suggested that the importance of accurate Country of Origin Labelling (COOL) is of growing importance to Scottish consumers.
03/02/2010
News NFU Scotland has expressed concern over Scottish Government proposals on how it plans to meet its European obligations to test fallen sheep for Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) in the future.
03/02/2010
News NFU Scotland’s influential Milk Committee, following its meeting this week, is encouraging fellow Scottish dairy farmers to get engaged in the current debate surrounding the future delivery of farm support in Scotland.
29/01/2010
News NFU Scotland believes the publication of Scotland’s farm income figures for 2009 has highlighted another turbulent year for Scottish agriculture, one that has seen a disappointing decline in the total value of Scottish agricultural income for the second consecutive year.
28/01/2010
News NFU Scotland has warmly welcomed Scottish Government support and funding to assist Scottish sheep farmers in complying with unpopular new European rules which require sheep born this year and beyond to be electronically tagged and their movements recorded.
27/01/2010
News NFU Scotland has given its support to the simplest option suggested by Scottish Government on how the EU’s proposed dairy fund should be distributed amongst the nation’s dairy farmers.
27/01/2010
News With spring planting weeks away, NFU Scotland is encouraging its members to only consider growing those crops that they believe they can sell profitably this coming harvest.
22/01/2010