National Farmers' Union of Scotland

National Farmers' Union of Scotland
Abbreviation	NFUS
Founded	1913; 111 years ago
Type	Employer association
Headquarters	Rural Centre - West Mains, Ingliston, Midlothian, Scotland, EH28 8LT
Location	Scotland;
President	Martin Kennedy
Vice-Presidents	Andrew Connon &; Alasdair Macnab
Treasurer	Rupert Shaw
Affiliations	NFU Mutual Insurance; Sister organisations: National Farmers' Union of England and Wales; Ulster Farmers' Union;
Website	http://www.nfus.org.uk/

The National Farmers' Union of Scotland (NFUS) is an employer association organisation that represents the interests of the Scotland's farming industry. It was formed in 1913, and has approximately 10,000 members who are farmers, crofters and others involved in Scottish agriculture.

The NFUS stood a candidate in the 1918 Ross by-election, T. Preece; he took 35.4% of the votes cast but was not elected.^[1]

In 1972, the NFUS — alongside other employers' associations National Farmers' Union of England and Wales and the Ulster Farmers' Union — set up the 'British Agriculture Bureau' to represent their intrests in the European Economic Community affairs, and later in European Union affairs.^[2]^[3]

The president of the organisation as of February 2017 was Andrew McCornick.^[4]

References[edit]

^ Craig, F. W. S. (1975). Minor Parties in British By-elections, 1885-1974. London: Macmillan Press. p. 56.
^ "About us". www.britishagriculturebureau.co.uk. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
^ Harrison, Rob; Berry, Hannah; Strange, Ruth (2016). "Understanding the NFU - an English Agribusiness Lobby-group" (PDF). www.ethicalconsumer.org. Ethical Consumer Research Association. p. 101.
^ "Top post for south of Scotland farmer". BBC News. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2018.