News NFU Scotland has welcomed details on how the Scottish Government’s £200,000 emergency aid fund, announced in April, will support those Scottish sheep farmers whose flocks were hit hardest by the worst winter in living memory.
03/06/2010
News NFU Scotland has told a major forestry conference that Scottish agriculture will continue to contribute towards Scottish Government targets of expanding woodland cover, but that policy priorities must focus on food production and having active farmers manage the land.
02/06/2010
News NFU Scotland is urging every cattle keeper in the country to carefully consider a Scottish Government consultation on a groundbreaking scheme to eradicate the costly disease Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) from the national herd.
01/06/2010
News NFU Scotland President, Jim McLaren, has called for Scottish growers to preserve the nation’s reputation for healthy potatoes when he addressed delegates from Europe and beyond at the Europatat 2010: ‘Potatoes without Frontiers’ conference, held in Edinburgh today (Friday, 28 May).
28/05/2010
News NFU Scotland is calling on those members of the general public excited by the prospect of producing their own eggs and poultrymeat to make sure they put the best interests of the hens as their first priority.
28/05/2010
News In a bid to boost the fortunes of all Scotland’s hill farmers, and arrest the ongoing decline in Scottish cattle and sheep numbers, NFU Scotland has delivered a fresh set of proposals to the Scottish Government suggesting improvements to the delivery of the Less Favoured Areas Support Scheme (LFASS).
27/05/2010
News The President of NFU Scotland Jim McLaren and the President of the Irish Farmers Association John Bryan have pledged to work together to secure a properly funded Common Agricultural Policy that continues to support active farmers post-2013.
21/05/2010
News NFU Scotland believes that a surge in the number of cattle being imported into Scotland threatens the nation’s freedom from Bluetongue, a devastating disease of livestock that has been present in parts of Europe in recent years.
17/05/2010
News NFU Scotland is reminding all farmers and land managers that they have only a few days left to submit their Single Application Form (SAF) to their local Scottish Government Rural Payments and Inspections Directorate (SGRPID) office or to complete the application on line.
14/05/2010
News NFU Scotland is disappointed that once again the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board (SAWB) has voted for an increase in the minimum agricultural wage above that which has been agreed for the National Minimum Wage (NMW) that operates in all other sectors of industry across the UK.
14/05/2010