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Processors betray beef quality

UK BEEF farmers spent between 18 and 30 months producing beasts of the highest quality, only for their meat to be ruined by four or five days of careless processing, it was claimed this week 10 years ago.

Kill or cure

COMPULSORY ELECTRONIC tagging for sheep could “kill or cure” the Scottish sheep industry – and it was anticipated to be coming sooner than many would expect, this week 10 years ago.

Blair offers crumbs of cold comfort

PRIME MINISTER, Tony Blair, went halfway towards committing the government to a U-turn on offering more aid to hard-pressed farmers, this week in 2000, and for good measure, threw in a further £100m per year concession by dumping a proposed pesticides tax.

Scots dairy farmers faced 2m in quota shortfall

SCOTTISH MILK producers stood to lose £2m if they did not up production to quota levels over the following four months, this week 25 years ago.

‘Meat is murder’ said Smithfield protestors

THREE PEOPLE were arrested following noisy demonstrations by animal welfarists and vegetarians outside Earls Court during the week’s Royal Smithfield Show, 25 years ago.

Grants cut to £36m

MINISTER OF Agriculture Michael Jopling fought a successful rearguard action against treasury demands for a cut of some £50m in agricultural grants, this week 25 years ago.