Meeting With Lochhead Does Not Allay The Fears Of Crofters

by SCF | Feb 3, 2016 | News Archive

The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) was not satisfied by the explanations and solutions offered by the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Richard Lochhead, at a stakeholder meeting last Friday where he attempted to outline the background and the actions to cope...

SCF Welcomes House Grant Uplift

by SCF | Feb 3, 2016 | News Archive

The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has welcomed the interim outcome of the review of the Croft House Grant Scheme and praised the Scottish Government for listening to, and acting on, the advice given. “We have campaigned long and hard to have the croft house...

CROFTING IS SYSTEMATICALLY MARGINALISED SAYS FEDERATION

by SCF | Jan 26, 2016 | News Archive

The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has reproached the Scottish Government for systematically marginalising crofting in agricultural policy. “Most of the problems suffered by crofters under the new Common Agricultural Policy seem to stem from the Scottish...

CROFTERS ARE NOT GETTING PAID OR INFORMED SCF SURVEY SHOWS

by SCF | Jan 25, 2016 | News Archive

A survey carried out by the Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) indicates a Scottish Government melt-down as around one percent of crofters have been paid their agricultural support payment. Vice-chair of the SCF, Russell Smith, said, “The Cabinet Secretary for...

The Future of Crofting conference

by SCF | Dec 11, 2015 | News Archive

‘The Future of Crofting’, a conference held in Inverness recently to look at progress made on crofting reform in the seven years since the Committee of Inquiry on Crofting, concluded that here is still much unfinished business to attend to.Read more . ....

SCF RESOLUTELY OPPOSED TO INTRODUCTION OF LYNX

by SCF | Nov 5, 2015 | News Archive

The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has expressed strong opposition to proposals to introduce lynx to the wild in Scotland. An organisation called the Lynx UK Trust based in Cumbria is applying to Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) for what it describes as a...