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Question of the week

Question of the week for August 28

Will up corn, down horn be an inevitable consequence of the current grain price spike?

Question of the week for August 21

How should the potential £24m slipper farmer money be re-distributed? What better ways are there for encouraging Scottish land users to re-stock with livestock?

Question of the week for August 7

Is there any good reason why the advertising of antibiotics should be banned?

Question of the week for July 31

Are discount chains bad news for farm businesses?

Question of the week for July 24

Should BVD eradication be compulsory?

Question of the week for July 17

Should Scottish farming endorse GM technology?

Question of the week for July 10

Columnists

Letters

Energy storage has image problem

Sir, - Readers may be aware of what has been called 'a bad news day.' This is when an embarrassing or controversial bit of news is released without fanfare when the popular media are concentrating on something “big”, such as the gulf of Mexico oil disaster, or the World Cup. Such an episode happened recently whe

Nothing to fear from EBVs!

Sir, – I’ve been following the ongoing debate on EBVs and recording with interest. All good stockmen rely on our eye, experience and hard work to try to maintain and improve our flocks. But if recording can provide additional information that my eye may miss, then it would be naive of me to ignore it.

Making the most of an unwanted regulation

Sir, - Re 'EID - not a level playing field!’ on reading the letter in last week's issue, I feel that there are a number of points that need to be put into proper context.

A message to the 'so called experts' of the sheep world

SIR, - I read with interest your take on the forthcoming ram sales. I must admit that I am getting a little fed up of the so called experts of the sheep world Vipond and McKenzie preaching to the greater public that the commercial tup breeders are selling an inferior product.

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