Anyone intending to be a candidate in the election to the new Crofting Commission must be nominated before the end of this month and the Scottish Crofting Federation is encouraging crofters to consider standing for the new body.
Until this year all members of the existing Crofters Commission have been appointed by Government. However, the new body, which takes up its responsibilities in April, will for the first time have representatives who have been elected by crofters themselves.
