Agri-Business
Study to explore the mental health of Scotland’s farmers
Researchers at Robert Gordon University are set to explore and enhance the mental health of Scotland’s farming population as part...
Search Results
720 results for: NFU Scotland
Rural Life
Search begins for new agri-tourism monitor farms in Scotland
Farming families around Scotland are being invited to put their names forward to be selected as Scotland’s next monitor farm...
Rural Life
NFUS shows £190,000 spending increase in 2018
Latest accounts have shown NFU Scotland’s coffers increased despite spending increasing by more than £190,000 over the last year. Publication...
Agri-Business
NFUS members encouraged to give views on immigration consultation
Scottish farmers are encouraged to join the discussion as the UK Government considers how its new immigration framework will shape...
Agri Politics
Three in the running for NFUS top spots
Three candidates will contest the two vice presidential positions at the National Farmers’ Union Scotland AGM in February. Martin Kennedy,...
Agri Politics
NFUS calls on Westminster and Holyrood to end spat and resolve differences
The National Farmers’ Union Scotland (NFUS) has called on London and Edinburgh to “work constructively” and end the differences over...
Agri Politics
NFUS seeks nominations for presidential team roles
NFU Scotland is now taking nominations for its next president and two vice presidential posts. It comes as one of...
Beef
Cross-border slaughter costs Scotland £2 million in 'lost levy' - QMS tells Commons
Levy redistribution was a major topic of concern raised by Scotland’s red meat industry during a discussion on the UK Government’s...
Agri Politics
Welsh ambition for growth to take centre stage 2018 NFU Cymru conference
One of Wales’ farming unions has said it has ambitions for the country’s agriculture to become a bigger player internationally....
Sheep
Union figures show minimal use of dog control powers in Scotland
National Farmers’ Union Scotland (NFUS) has called for council officials to make better use of Dog Control Notices (DCNs). The...
Agri-Business
Cuts to Scotland's LFASS payments 'unacceptable'
National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Scotland has called for Cabinet Secretary Fergus Ewing to hold LFA support at current levels during...
Agri-Business
Farm plastic burning banned in Scotland
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has announced it will end exemptions for burning most types of agricultural waste from...
Arable
MPs see first-hand 'appalling waste' on Scotland's fields of rotting fruit
A band of brave Westminster Scottish Affairs Committee members have taken to Scotland’s fields to give fruit picking a go...
Agri-Business
Scotland's Less Favourable Area Scheme: 4,675 payments on their way today
The 2017 Less Favourable Area Support Scheme (LFASS) payments for farmers and crofters in Scotland have now started. 4,675 payments worth...
Agri Politics
NFUS president to join panel at Stirling Brexit and farming event
National Farmers’ Union Scotland (NFUS) president, Andrew McCornick, has confirmed he will take part in a seminal panel discussion on the...
Environment
Drought: From zero grazing to grazing zero in Scotland
Farmers north of the border of are getting desperate as the summer heatwave pushes parts of Scotland into drought conditions....
World News
Scotland's farmers debate the pros and cons of independence
The NFU Scotland has rounded off its series of referendum debates across the country, held over the last six months, aimed...
Rural Life
Scottish Young Farmers raise £100,000 for The Big Build
Two Scottish Young Farmers’ Burns Supper events have raised £100,000 in support of The Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs’ (SAYFC’s) ‘Big...
