Auction Finder
21 Aug 2018
LAMMA 2021
25 May 2021
NFUS welcomes passing of Scottish Agriculture Bill as ‘step forward’ for stability
NFUS has welcomed the passing of the Scottish Agriculture Bill as a ‘step forward’ towards post-Brexit stability.
...Load More
Abi Kay...Load More
The Bill, expected to receive Royal Assent shortly, allows Ministers to continue running the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) beyond this year, as well as providing opportunity for reforms and simplifications to the scheme.
It also improves the legal basis for collecting information about the agri-food supply chain and activities relating to agriculture.
As the Bill passed Stage 3 in the Scottish Parliament yesterday, Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing urged the UK Government to make a ‘clear statement’ on future funding for all aspects of the CAP to provide reassurance to the rural economy.
Read More
NFUS president Andrew McCornick said: “This Bill provides much needed continuity and certainty.
“More importantly, it also establishes the necessary legal basis to modify and improve how farming and crofting are supported in Scotland.
“As the union highlighted earlier this year in its ‘Stability – The Platform for Change’ policy document, the powers created by the Bill must now be used to best effect.
“Continuity and improvement of existing measures is the first step. The Bill must then facilitate more significant steps to underpin and enhance all the market and non-market benefits which are reliant on active farming and crofting in Scotland.”
Most Read
Most Recent
Farmer trampled in pen containing 17 bulls
25
Will frosts knock flowering OSR?
66
20
110
New young sire options for Holstein breeders
82
105
DNA data could benefit the beef industry
57
New sheep scab project success
40
87
Young farmer dies in tragic ATV incident
2829
157Worker dies in heather burning incident
1037
New watchlist highlights rarest UK breeds
113
387
553
7345Farmers Guardian and FarmersGuardian.com are trademarks of Farmers Guardian Ltd, a subsidiary of AgriBriefing Ltd.
All material published on FGInsight.com and FarmersGuardian.com is copyrighted © 2021 by AgriBriefing Limited. All rights reserved.
