Open letter to Crofting Commissioners

by SCF | Sep 14, 2021 | News Archive

Dear Commissioners As you approach the end of your term of office governing crofting’s regulatory body, could we ask you to reflect on the work of the Crofting Commission. SCF is a key stakeholder in this unique regulated system of land tenure, and we offer some...

Crofting Federation endorses the formation of an expanded Scottish Land Court

by SCF | Sep 9, 2021 | News Archive

The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has welcomed the unification of the Scottish Land Court and the Lands Tribunal for Scotland to form an expanded body dealing with land related litigation. “It makes sense to amalgamate the Scottish Land Court and the Lands...

Promised actions for crofting missing from Programme for Government says Crofting Federation

by SCF | Sep 8, 2021 | News Archive

The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has expressed bitter disappointment that the long awaited crofting reform bill has not been included in the Programme for Government (PFG) published yesterday. “Given that the Government stopped the progress of the crofting law...

Crofting Federation lay out the fundamentals of agricultural support

by SCF | Aug 19, 2021 | News Archive

The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has written to Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands, outlining the fundamental principles needed for agricultural support to be croft-friendly. SCF’s chair, Donald MacKinnon, said, “Having considered the...

Publication of long-awaited report welcomed by Crofting Federation

by SCF | Jul 1, 2021 | News Archive

The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has congratulated the Scottish Government for its good sense in publishing the long-awaited report on the deliberations of the Farming and Food Production Future Policy Group, “Recommendations to Government”. The 16-strong...

SCF Members Forum

by SCF | Jun 3, 2021 | News Archive

The members forum on the SCF website has been the subject of hacking attempts in recent weeks. The forum is managed by volunteers and this has proven very time-consuming for them. A decision has been made to remove the forum from the SCF website and instead use the...