NFU Scotland officials (NFUS) are preparing to travel to Westminster at the beginning of next year to engage with newly-elected MPs and government ministers.
The union’s political affairs manager, Clare Slipper, said the election of a majority Conservative government gave a more conclusive idea of what is going to happen with Brexit.
“The task for us is to shape what comes,” said Ms Slipper at a press briefing in Edinburgh.
“We will be writing to all Scottish MPs and all new appointments in the government once they are known, and have as many meetings as we can in the early weeks of January.”
She said key areas for lobbying included briefing MPs on the importance of protecting the UK’s agri-food market from “substandard imports” once the UK leaves Europe.
“The prime minister must deliver on the previous government’s commitment to establish a commission on standards,” added Ms Slipper.
Other lobbying priorities include ensuring future funding is ring-fenced for agriculture and maintaining devolution for future agricultural policy.
Ms Slipper said: “The new UK Government must work with the devolved administrations to recommence negotiations on how future financial, regulatory and policy frameworks will operate across the UK to ensure the Scottish Government can make the right decisions on future agricultural policy for Scottish farmers.”
