SCF Annual Gathering 2017

by SCF | Feb 6, 2017 | News Archive

SCF will hold its 2017 Annual Gathering, with the theme Crofting’s Place in Europe, on 10th and 11th March, noon to noon, in Applecross, Wester Ross. The event aims to set a crofting agenda for the upcoming Brexit negotiations and a post-Brexit agricultural policy...

Crofting Federation cheered by number of candidates for commission elections

by SCF | Feb 1, 2017 | News Archive

The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) welcomed the high number of nominations for the Crofting Commission elections citing it as a very positive sign for crofting. “The number of people willing to stand as candidates for the forthcoming Crofting Commission elections...

Young crofters struggle to get started due to land prices and lack of finance

by SCF | Feb 1, 2017 | News Archive

The Scottish Crofting Federation Young Crofters say that the lack of access to land and finance affect them too, in the wake of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) report ‘Future for Young Farmers’. “Lack of access to land and finance are seriously handicapping the...

Support to crofting agriculture

by SCF | Jan 31, 2017 | News Archive

My writing in 2016 was taken up, to a larger extent than would have been hoped for, with the issues at the Crofting Commission. Whilst this was justified by it being a matter of great concern to crofters, there are other important things going on that need crofters’...

Does the croft house grant scheme work?

by SCF | Jan 31, 2017 | News Archive

There has been a commotion in the media lately concerning the Croft House Grant Scheme. It is quite understandable that people are getting very concerned when they see applications from young folk being turned down. But there is also misinformation being bandied about...