News by year
News
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How would you improve our payments service?
20 August, 2021
We are looking to design a new, improved payments service and need your help.
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Providing certainty to farmers and crofters
19 August, 2021
Launch of the 2021 National Basic Payment Support Scheme
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Reductions and Exclusion letters for 2021
6 August, 2021
Farmers and crofters will soon receive an email or letter if a reduction has been made to their Pillar 1 applications
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Sustainable Agriculture Capital Grant Scheme deadline approaching
2 August, 2021
Producers who have been awarded grant funding under the Sustainable Agriculture Capital Grant Scheme
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Ferret owners reminded to register their ferrets to protect public health
27 July, 2021
Although there have been no human outbreaks of COVID-19 associated with ferrets
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Help shape future priorities for Scottish agriculture
26 July, 2021
The Scottish Government is asking users of their data to complete a voluntary questionnaire to help improve the evidence it supplies to meet the needs of Scottish Agriculture.
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Farm Safety Week 2021
19 July, 2021
2021 marks the 9th year of the Farm Safety Foundation and will have the continued support of ScotGov Rural
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Delivering on farming payments
13 July, 2021
Farming support payments exceeded target across all schemes in 2020, Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon has confirmed.
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Mandatory CCTV in slaughterhouses
5 July, 2021
It is now mandatory for abattoirs to record on CCTV all areas where live animals are present.
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Agricultural Census deadline extended to August
28 June, 2021
Farmers are reminded to complete the mandatory June Agricultural Census