CROFTING FEDERATION WELCOMES NEXT STEP IN SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL POLICY BUT CONCERNS AROUND KEY OMISSIONS REMAIN

by SCF | Feb 13, 2023 | News

SCF welcomes the publication of Scottish Government’s Agricultural Reform Routemap and list of draft measures for enhanced conditionality, yet urges for more consideration for the concerns and needs of crofters and other small-scale producers. In our response to the...

‘DO NOT REINVENT THE WHEEL’ SAYS CROFTING FEDERATION IN RESPONSE TO CONSULTATION ON SMALL LANDHOLDINGS REFORM

by SCF | Jan 17, 2023 | News

The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has responded to the Scottish Government’s proposals to reform small landholding tenancies, by calling for small landholders in Scotland to be brought under crofting law and to be given access to the channels of support that...

CROFTING FEDERATION DEMANDS CLARITY AND BETTER SUPPORT FOR CROFTING IN RESPONSE TO AGRICULTURE BILL PROPOSALS

by SCF | Nov 28, 2022 | News

The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has responded to the Scottish Government’s consultation on a new framework for agricultural support payments, by calling for details on how the Scottish Government is going to use its powers and by demanding support for small...

CROFTING FEDERATION GATHERING CALLS FOR CROFTING AND LAND REFORM

by SCF | Nov 22, 2022 | News

A packed Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) Gathering in Fort William, on the theme ‘Revival: Crofting and Its Role in a Sustainable Scotland’, concluded that crofting is an ideal model to help meet many of the challenges of the 21st Century, if Scottish Government...

YOUNG ASSYNT CROFTER TAKES THE AWARD

by SCF | Nov 21, 2022 | News

Struan Macdonald, a young crofter from Assynt, has won the Scottish Crofting Federation’s prestigious Young Crofter Award, presented at the SCF Gathering by Jon Strickland, chair of The MacRobert Trust. Struan, who crofts sheep, pigs and goats in Achmelvich,...

CROFTING FEDERATION PLACES CREATION OF CROFTS AT HEART OF LAND REFORM

by SCF | Nov 2, 2022 | News

In its response to the Scottish Government consultation on land reform, Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) asserts that the creation of new crofts is a process that needs to be re-started and crofting legislation be rolled out across Scotland as originally intended....