Agriculture funding change sent shock waves through Scottish farming, says NFU

Members of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Scotland joined a rally outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Wire)

The UK Government “sent shock waves” throughout the agricultural sector due to funding changes announced in the Budget, a union has said.

Martin Kennedy, president of the National Farmers’ Union Scotland (NFUS), led a demonstration outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on Thursday calling on the Scottish Government to ring-fence agricultural funding in Scotland in its Budget statement on December 4.