Andrew McCornick, Allan Bowie and Rob Livesey are all battling it out for the top job.
NFU Scotland’s presidential contest has become a three-way race with news three men are in the running for the top job.
Current president Allan Bowie, who farms in Fife and Stirlingshire, is standing for re-election and his two vice-presidents are contesting him for the job.
The two vice-presidents, who will now only stand for election as president, are Dumfriesshire farmer Andrew McCornick and Borders farmer Rob Livesey.
Three contenders have been named so far for the role of vice-president.
These are: Dumfries and Galloway regional chairman and dairy farmer Gary Mitchell; less favoured areas committee chairman Martin Kennedy who farms in Highland Perthshire; and Forth and Clyde regional chairman Tom French who farms in South Lanarkshire.
The elections take place at the union’s annual meeting in Glasgow on February 6-7.
The union is still accepting nominations for the presidential jobs and anyone wishing to stand as president or vice-president is asked to contact the union’s chief executive, Scott Walker, to obtain a proposal form. The forms must be signed and returned to Mr Walker by close of play on Monday, December 12.
