NATIONAL Farmers Union Scotland (NFUS) has asked the Crofting Commission to bring forward a simple guide to best practice for grazing committees.
NFUS, which has around 800 crofting members, has made the request following discussions with the commission on how committees operate.
Sutherland crofter Sandy Murray, who chairs the union’s Crofting, Highlands and Islands Working Group, said: ‘It is in the best interests of all, that any common grazings committee operates with up-to-date regulations and within the law.