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	     	<title><![CDATA[Rainy Brown award for Ian Duncan Millar]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/this-weeks-news/rainy-brown-award-for-ian-duncan-millar-1.1146345?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[PERTH FARMER Ian Duncan Millar has become the most recent recipient of the prestigious Ed Rainy Brown Memorial Award.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Farm incomes – beware the ‘F-factor’]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/this-weeks-news/farm-incomes-beware-the-f-factor-1.1146231?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[WHILE SCOTTISH farm income figures issued this week by the Scottish Government paint a picture of positive growth in Scottish farming, the ‘F-factor’ – soaring prices for feed, fuel and fertiliser – are a major concern.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 2 Feb 2012 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[A truce with trees]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/this-weeks-news/a-truce-with-trees-1.1146207?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[SCOTLAND’S DRIVE to plant more trees may be unpopular with farming’s old guard – but the many potential new entrants to our farming sector might feel more open-minded to the idea after this week.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[New hope for EID?]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/this-weeks-news/new-hope-for-eid-1.1146203?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[HOPE WAS renewed for the Scottish sheep sector this week as the Scottish Government obtained a commitment from Europe to begin dialogue on EID ‘flexibilities’.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[CAP debate opens to the Scottish public]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/this-weeks-news/cap-debate-opens-to-the-scottish-public-1.1146202?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[THE POPULATION of Scotland – not just its farmers – can now go online and have their say on the European Commission’s proposals for the future of the Common Agricultural Policy.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Cameron’s beef income concern]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/this-weeks-news/cameron-s-beef-income-concern-1.1146200?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[SCOTLAND’S SPECIALIST beef units fared badly in the Farm Business Income figures released this week, with an alarming 14% income drop – so its high time the sector got itself organised to better represent its producers in the political arena.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Long distance pollution impact]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/this-weeks-news/long-distance-pollution-impact-1.1146199?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[MAN-MADE AIR pollution from as far away as North America causes Europe to lose 1.2 million tonnes of wheat a year, a new study has warned.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 2 Feb 2012 11:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Young shepherds return to glory]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/this-weeks-news/young-shepherds-return-to-glory-1.1146198?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[TWO YOUNG Scots shepherds have just returned from a trip of a lifetime to New Zealand – and will soon be regaling the National Sheep Association’s Scottish region AGM with tales of their travels.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 2 Feb 2012 11:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Honour for Turriff’s farming policeman]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/this-weeks-news/honour-for-turriff-s-farming-policeman-1.1146197?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[HUGH DUNCAN, a farmer and Highland Pony breeder from Craignetherty Farm, Netherdale, Turriff, was awarded the Queens’ Police Medal in the recent Honours List, in recognition of his long service as a special constable – only the second time in history a ‘special’ has been given the QPM.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 2 Feb 2012 11:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Ready for Schmallenberg!]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/this-weeks-news/ready-for-schmallenberg-1.1146195?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[ANY SUSPECT cases of the Schmallenberg disease found in Scotland  will go straight to the country’s livestock disease gurus at the Moredun Research Institute.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 2 Feb 2012 11:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Moredun seeks scholars]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/this-weeks-news/moredun-seeks-scholars-1.1146194?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[ANYONE LOOKING for funding for a short term agricultural learning project is being encouraged to apply for a Moredun Scholarship Award before applications closes at the end of February.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 2 Feb 2012 11:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Futureproofing the Highland Show]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/this-weeks-news/futureproofing-the-highland-show-1.1146192?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[WHEN BAA’s planned expansion of Edinburgh Airport was a very imminent threat to the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society’s Ingliston home, it formulated a ‘plan B’ – buy a chunk of the neighbouring Norton Mains farm, and move the showground lock, stock and barrel across the A8.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 2 Feb 2012 11:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Payment system must be flexible]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/this-weeks-news/payment-system-must-be-flexible-1.1146187?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[SCOTLAND’S FARMERS need a more flexible payment system for their future support arrangements, to mitigate the likely complicating effects of CAP reform.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 2 Feb 2012 11:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[SAC officially opens new Ayr campus]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/this-weeks-news/sac-officially-opens-new-ayr-campus-1.1146169?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[AFTER MUCH talk and counter-talk, the Scottish Agricultural College and the University of the West of Scotland have officially launched their new £81 million Riverside Campus in Ayr.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 2 Feb 2012 11:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Disease alert!]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/this-weeks-news/disease-alert-1.1145318?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[SCOTLAND’S FARMERS have been urged to be on the alert following the news that a new disease – affecting both cattle and sheep – has entered the UK.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Reject this ‘poisoned’ deal]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/this-weeks-news/reject-this-poisoned-deal-1.1145317?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[EU PLANS to compensate farmers affected by international trade deals – most pressingly the imminent agreement with South America’s beef-producing Mercosur bloc – are a “poisoned chalice” and should be rejected.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Supermarkets under fire]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/this-weeks-news/supermarkets-under-fire-1.1145301?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[SUPERMARKETS WERE in the firing line again this week on two fronts – a call for the European Union to recognise the farm safety problems caused by supermarket price pressure, and a demand for more urgency from the UK Government in bringing in a “watchdog’” to rein in their power.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Stirlingshire blaze]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[STIRLINGSHIRE FARMER John Christie and his family had a lucky escape from this massive blaze at West Carse Farm, Kippen, which ripped through his hay barn coming far too close to the farmhouse for comfort.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Irish in UK milk move]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/this-weeks-news/irish-in-uk-milk-move-1.1145293?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[LAST WEEK it was the Germans making a move on the UK dairy sector – this week it is the Irish, with United Dairy Farmers, the Belfast-based dairy farmer-owned co-operative, announcing plans to expand its interests here.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Humble pie for Struan]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/this-weeks-news/humble-pie-for-struan-1.1145289?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[FEARS OF an EU-wide ban on rat poison have proven entirely unfounded – and the MEP that stoked those fears has been taken to task for his “scaremongering”.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
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