Robin Traquair
There is a four-way competition for the two vacant vice-presidential roles at NFU Scotland.
Rather than the traditional round of regional hustings, the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions have obliged the candidates to make their case for election via virtual meetings.The elections will take place at the union’s virtual council meeting on Friday, February 12, with online voting arrangements for council members in place.
Here, we offer each candidate space to introduce themselves and comment on the pressing issues facing Scottish farming . next on our list is
Robin Traquair, of Wellington Farm, Millerhill, Dalkeith, Midlothian I FARM in Midlothian with my wife Anna where we currently farm 350 sows. We sell pork and bacon pigs through our local wholesaler in Edinburgh and through Scotlean, which is a farmer owned co-op, of which I am a director.
Martin Kennedy set to become new NFU Scotland president
22 December 2020 |
Martin Kennedy has served as the union s vice president for four years
Highland farmer Martin Kennedy is set to become the new president of NFU Scotland as he will stand unchallenged for the position at the union’s AGM in February.
Martin Kennedy, an upland tenant farmer from Highland Perthshire, has served as vice president for four years.
If approved by the union’s council, he will be elected to the post of president for a two-year term.
No other nominations for president were received by the deadline of Thursday 17 December, NFU Scotland confirmed.
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Highland Perthshire farmer Martin Kennedy will stand unchallenged for the position of president of NFU Scotland (NFUS).
Mr Kennedy, who has served as vice-president for four years, will be elected at the union’s annual meeting, to be staged online, on Friday 12 February 2021.
He will succeed incumbent Andrew McCornick, who has nearly completed his maximum allowed term of four years.
Mr Kennedy is a tenant farmer and farms at Lurgan Farm, Edradynate, Aberfeldy, with his wife Jane and their three daughters, Jillian, Katrina and Yvonne. They have 600 ewes and 60 cows on the farm rising from 800ft to over 2,500ft.