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'He’s lightning quick on the flat but needs help over the jumps!'

Question of the week

Question of the week for February 4, 2012

Will Defra fight for Scotland in the CAP reform negotiation?

Question iof the week for January 28, 2012

Should the NSA study be widened to include other predators?

Question of the week for January 21, 2012

Do you think Wiseman/Müller deal will be to the long term benefit of dairy producers?

Question of the week for December 14, 2012

Do you think the working group will achieve its aim of reducing red tape?

Question of the week for January 7, 2012

Do you envisage being worse off after CAP reform?

Question of the week for December 24, 2011

Have planning constraints put you off investing in a renewable energy project?

Columnists

Harnessing the power of the panda!

HERE'S THE deal. In one fell swoop the Scottish farming industry could become a mecca for tourists, create employment, save the planet and make a wad of wonga into the bargain.

Go for looks ... or what’s she’s worth?

Ask any ‘superhero’ and I’d guess they’d tell you that it’s not easy being one of the good guys all the time.

Letters

Cheated out of holding

Sir, – It was sad to read your recent reports and correspondence on the decline of tenant farming. It can be no coincidence that there is a pattern of long established estates being bought up by the super rich for whom estate ownerships provides a licence to play with guns and who see tenants as an impediment to their sporting pleasure.

No ‘cause for concern’

SIR, – You will no doubt be as shocked and bewildered as we were to discover that John Scott Meat (Paisley) Ltd has been classified by the FSA as a ‘Cause for Concern’.

No micro-management

SIR, – While it was good to see Jim Walker’s kind remarks about me (January 14), I must put him right on his accusation that I wish to micro-manage the industry. In fact, that is the last thing I want to do.

The importance of the value of livestock

SIR, – A few weeks ago you reported on SAC’s findings on the dramatic reduction of stock from the hills over the past few years.

Euro Notebook

EU ministers play the ‘good cop’ – for the moment

HOLD THE front page.