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MAY 10, 2008 |
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SCOTCH BEEF IN A 'TIME BOMB'
By DOUGLAS MACSKIMMING
A SURGE in Scottish beef cattle exports is a potential time bomb for the Scottish brand and rings alarm bells about long-term supplies - even though it means it is boom time for producers in the short term.
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NEW ENTRANTS NEED A 'LOTTERY' WIN
3:19pm Friday 9th May
There is no realistic possibility of any new entrant being able to buy land to farm – unless they have made their fortune elsewhere, or won the lottery.
GROUP AIMS FOR TOPNOTCH GRAIN FACILITY
3:04pm Friday 9th May
Farmers in the driving seat of the business
A group of farmers has unveiled ambitious plans to build a modern grain processing centre in Scotland, following claims that many farmer-owned and third party stores in Angus are failing local users and maltsters.
The Angus Cereal Partnership plans to build and operate a state-of-the-art 90,000 tonne capacity facility adjacent to the Greencore Maltings, at Glenesk. Modelled on existing storage partnerships supported by Grainfarmers across the UK, including Aberdeen Grain and Camgrain, the farmer shareholders of the partnership will own the store, and the business will be run purely for their benefit.
See May 10 issue for the full story.
TRACTOR THEFTS POINTS TO IRELAND
2:56pm Friday 9th May
Scottish police crossed the Irish Sea this week in pursuit of more than £60,000 worth of tractors, which were stolen from Perthshire, recently and are now working on positive lines of enquiry.
SCHEME MOVE
2:52pm Friday 9th May
The future could be looking brighter for farms across Scotland following the relaunch this week of the £1.5m business improvement scheme.
Business
JUNIOR BULLS CATCH BUYERS' EYE AT CARLISLE
4:17pm Friday 9th May
A much reduced entry of Limousins met yet another flying trade at Carlisle last week, for the breed’s May show and sale where no fewer than 11 bulls hit the magical five-figure bracket.
TOP TWO AT PERTH HIT 5000GNS
4:15pm Friday 9th May
Simmental bulls enjoyed the best trade of the day at a multi-breed sale of pedigree beef cattle at Perth, on Monday, securing several of the top prices combined with the lead average for the highest number sold.
BRITISH BULL ENTERS THE RECORD BOOKS
4:40pm Friday 2nd May
A British dairy sire has entered the international record books by producing more sexed semen than any other bull in the world. Crichel Principal has notched up 116,000 straws of sexed semen in his lifetime so far, which his owners, Cogent, says puts him well ahead of his nearest rival. He combines that his 13th birthday this month.
