Agri-Business
Scottish Government likely to extend Tenants' Amnesty deadline
Tenant farmers who have yet to notify their landlords of any improvements on their farms were set to lose out...
NFU Scotland
Rural Life
Farmers' 'hello Scotland' video racks up thousands of views
Farmers and crofters throughout Scotland have managed more than 70,000 views in just 18 hours for a special film showing...
Agri-Business
Scottish retailers to lift lockdown restrictions on dairy products
Supermarkets are beginning to lift restrictions on dairy products following pressure from the farmers’ union in Scotland. The past three...
Rural Life
Scottish rural organisations plea with those exercising in the countryside
With the country in lockdown and all gyms and sporting facilities closed; people have taken to new forms of exercise...
Dairy
Arla Foods confirms hold for April milk price
Arla Foods has announced it will hold on-account prices for conventional and organic milk for April 2020. However, a slight...
Agri-Business
Union launches employment service for labour shortage
Scotland’s farming union has launched a service to help fruit and vegetable growers recruit workers who have lost their jobs...
Agri-Business
Scottish agriculture responds to the threat of Covid-19
NFU Scotland president, Andrew McCormick, has issued a statement confirming that Scottish agriculture will be to the fore in making...
Rural Life
NFUS calls off all meetings as Scotland ramps up Covid-19 response
NFU Scotland has called off all meetings and gatherings as Scotland ramps up measures against coronavirus (Covid-19). In a blog...
Agri Politics
NFU Scotand meets new Farming Minister in Aberdeenshire
Trade, standards, labour and funding were all on the agenda as the recently-appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defra,...
Agri-Business
Scotland granted deorgation on 2020 3-crop rule
Growers in Scotland have been granted a derogation to the crop diversification requirement of the Basic Payment Scheme for 2020....
Agri-Business
Union outlines policy vision for Scotland for 2021 to 2024
NFU Scotland has warned change to the current system is a “necessity” for the industry to adapt to the many...
Environment
UK famers reminded of March 1 hedge-cutting ban
Farmers and crofters across the UK are reminded that the hedge-cutting ban comes into place on March 1 as the bird...
Beef
New beef sector climate group to examine Scottish suckler emissions
A new farmer-led group will examine how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions within the Scottish suckler herd. Co-chaired by former...
Rural Life
Pair sentenced for theft of £30,000 of livestock in North East Scotland
Two men have been found guilty of the theft of nearly £30,000 of livestock in the north-east of Scotland. Lloyd Fowlie...
N.Ireland
Case of bird flu confirmed in Scotland
A case of bird flu has been confirmed on a farm in Scotland, with poultry keepers being told to ensure...
N.Ireland
Case of bird flu confirmed in Scotland
A case of bird flu has been confirmed on a farm in Scotland, with poultry keepers being told to ensure...
Agri-Business
NFU confirms plans to lead ‘mass rally’ over UK food standards
Hundreds of farmers from across the country will gather in London in March to join the National Farmers’ Union (NFU)...
Agri-Business
Haulage legends take Argyll and Islands Awards
A couple at the helm of a haulage firm that has been servicing Argyll & the Islands for decades were...
