Representatives from both sides met this week to give the green light for the formation of the Scottish Beef Association, which will unite both memberships under a common banner.
The meeting was held on Monday in the Quality Inn at the Royal Highland showground at Ingliston, and even the fire alarm which emptied the building at one stage could not dampen the resolve of both sides to finally bury the hatchet. It is after all, the season of goodwill.
(For the full story see The Scottish Farmer this week, December 22 2012)
