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COP 26: Agriculture is an easy scapegoat, but us crofters will have to do our bit
Pic: Willie Urquhart By DONALD MACKINNON, chairman of the Scottish Crofting Federation. With world leaders gathering...
Mairi Gougeon gives assurances at Crofting Federation AGM
The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has welcomed the assurances given by the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs...
Open letter to Crofting Commissioners
Dear Commissioners As you approach the end of your term of office governing crofting’s regulatory body, could we ask...
Crofting Federation endorses the formation of an expanded Scottish Land Court
The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has welcomed the unification of the Scottish Land Court and the Lands Tribunal...
Promised actions for crofting missing from Programme for Government says Crofting Federation
The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has expressed bitter disappointment that the long awaited crofting reform bill...
Crofting Federation lay out the fundamentals of agricultural support
The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has written to Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands,...
Publication of long-awaited report welcomed by Crofting Federation
The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has congratulated the Scottish Government for its good sense in publishing the...
SCF Members Forum
The members forum on the SCF website has been the subject of hacking attempts in recent weeks. The forum is managed by...
Confirmation of unused crofts problem – and solution – says Federation
The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has welcomed the results of the Crofting Commission investigation into unused...
Crofting Federation welcomes new government for Scotland
The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has welcomed Mairi Gougeon, in her new role as Cabinet Secretary for Rural...
Alignment on crofting issues bodes well for next session of government
The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) held its hustings last night and found election candidates were remarkably...
SCF Proposals for Manifestos 2021
SCF Proposals for Manifestos 2021
Crofting development plan “large step in the right direction” says SCF
The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has welcomed the publication of the National Development Plan for Crofting....
New approach needed to get crofts back into use says Crofting Federation gathering on access to crofts
Following overwhelming response, The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) Young Crofters group hosted a second workshop...
Crofting Federation gathering on ‘Access to Crofts’ inundated
The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) Young Crofters group hosted a session yesterday to find solutions to the...
Crofting delivers for climate and will use the promised payment
The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has welcomed the commitment by Scottish Government of over £613 million in...
And the SCF Young Crofter Award goes to
Helen O’Keefe, in Elphin, Sutherland, has been chosen as SCF Young Crofter of the Year. Judges representing Scottish...
Fairer convergence payments a welcome win for crofters
Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) acknowledges timely and fairer payments of the ‘convergence uplift’ and Less...
Crofting Federation plans for the year ahead with new chair
The Board and Council of the Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) held its first meeting of the new year on Friday, at...
Crofting Federation calls the Brexit deal an inadequate stitch-up
The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has given its support to the Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament’s...
Crofters point to better use of money and land
The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has criticised the Scottish Government’s award of £1,000,000 to a single...
Ministers’ assurances inadequate say crofters
Assurances given by UK ministers, at a Northern Isles meeting last week, that all is well with Brexit planning, were...
Scottish sheep producers call on government to come clean
The National Sheep Association Scotland (NSA Scotland) and The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) have joined their...
Crofting Federation Assured of Reformation of Support Scheme
At a meeting with Cabinet Secretary Fergus Ewing, the Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has been assured that...