Crofters Need to Stand Against “The Big Boys” says their Federation

by SCF | Mar 18, 2014 | News Archive

On the back of recent gains, the Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has appealed to crofters to come out and provide the support they need against the lobbying of the “Big Boys” in the current reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)....

Crofters say Government are playing fast and loose with facts

by SCF | Feb 19, 2014 | News Archive

The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) says Scottish Government officials seem to be "playing fast and loose with the facts" as they try to defend controversial plans to scrap crofting specific support measures. As part of its review of the Scottish Rural...

“Hands off the Crofters’ Scheme” says the Crofting Federation

by SCF | Feb 11, 2014 | News Archive

The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) is calling on crofters to defend their right to a croft-only agricultural support scheme under the Scotland Rural Development Programme (SRDP), which is out for consultation. A director of the crofting Federation, Iain Keith,...

Crofters warned to speak up or get shafted

by SCF | Feb 4, 2014 | News Archive

The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) is warning all crofters to respond to the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) consultations or risk being cheated of what is rightfully theirs.“Crofters need to wake up to what is being suggested in the consultations”...

SCF Welcomes Community Mapping Support

by SCF | Jan 31, 2014 | News Archive

The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has welcomed the news that Scottish Government and Registers of Scotland (RoS) are co-funding a post to facilitate and encourage group registrations of crofts to the Crofting Register. “The Federation initiated the idea of...