QMS

Farm to Fork

Pupils from Sandhead and Drummore Primary Schools enjoyed cookery demonstrations from QMS

Quality Meat Scotland

Where the classroom meets the farm to fork journey

The pig herd is becoming more concentrated

The pig herd is becoming more concentrated

Quality Meat Scotland

Scottish sow herd falls 11% as sector becomes highly concentrated

The Duncan family

The Duncan family

Quality Meat Scotland

Farmers to host final open meeting of Monitor Farm programme

QMS' Make it Scotch Ambassadors have engaged with 6800 children over term three and four

QMS' Make it Scotch Ambassadors have engaged with 6800 children over term three and four

Quality Meat Scotland

QMS reaches 7000 pupils with farm-to-fork education programme

Quality Meat Scotland

Scottish lamb market holds firm despite seasonal easing

Craig Archibald

Craig Archibald

Quality Meat Scotland

Resilience of island livestock systems to be explored at Argyllshire Monitor Farm

First Minister John Swinney spoke at the QMS Breakfast Briefing

First Minister John Swinney spoke at the QMS Breakfast Briefing

Quality Meat Scotland

QMS hails successful Royal Highland Show saying 'When you know, you know'

New QMS research suggests Scotland's beef and lamb sectors could add £350 million in output and £100 million in GVA to the economy by 2032

New QMS research suggests Scotland's beef and lamb sectors could add £350 million in output and £100 million in GVA to the economy by 2032

Quality Meat Scotland

Scottish beef and lamb sectors set for major growth

QMS will also launch its annual Make it Scotch t-shirt at the Royal Highland Show, with all proceeds supporting RSABI and the SAYFC Big Build appeal

QMS will also launch its annual Make it Scotch t-shirt at the Royal Highland Show, with all proceeds supporting RSABI and the SAYFC Big Build appeal

Quality Meat Scotland

Scotch brands promoted through nationwide summer marketing push

QMS sheep health survey

QMS sheep health survey

Quality Meat Scotland

QMS opens sheep health survey for Scottish farmers and crofters

Bill Stott, Murray Lauchlan and Tom Story, auctioneer

Bill Stott, Murray Lauchlan and Tom Story, auctioneer

Quality Meat Scotland

Comrie butcher wins gold for Scotch ribeye from Longnewton

Vicky and Bruce Irvine

Vicky and Bruce Irvine

Business growth

Quality Meat Scotland

Find out how to grow your rural business at north-east farm event

Kate Rowell was named National Women in Agriculture Ambassador of the Year

Kate Rowell was named National Women in Agriculture Ambassador of the Year

Quality Meat Scotland

Quality Meat Scotland chair Kate Rowell named Ambassador of the Year

Quality Meat Scotland

QMS issues important clarification on Ecological Focus Area (EFA) ground

Sonny Stuffins of James Anderson Butchers in Leith has achieved the Craft Butcher Diploma of Scotland after completing a four-year apprenticeship

Sonny Stuffins of James Anderson Butchers in Leith has achieved the Craft Butcher Diploma of Scotland after completing a four-year apprenticeship

Quality Meat Scotland

Young Leith butcher achieves Scotland’s highest butchery qualification

Scotland's lamb sector buoyed by strong demand and prices around 30% above the five-year average

Scotland's lamb sector buoyed by strong demand and prices around 30% above the five-year average

Quality Meat Scotland

Stronger demand lifts confidence across Scotland’s lamb sector this spring

Meating Our Potential campaign sees engagement ramped up

Meating Our Potential campaign sees engagement ramped up

Quality Meat Scotland

Dozens of decision-makers visit farms ahead of elections

Sarah Millar, QMS chief executive; Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs; and Kate Rowell, QMS chair, at the Future Thinking on Red Meat Conference 2026

Sarah Millar, QMS chief executive; Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs; and Kate Rowell, QMS chair, at the Future Thinking on Red Meat Conference 2026

Industry Warning

Quality Meat Scotland

Cabinet Secretary confirms bovine EID delay to 2028 at QMS conference

Chief Executive Officer of Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), Sarah Millar, has voiced her support for the Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs’ (SAYFC) Big Build

Chief Executive Officer of Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), Sarah Millar, has voiced her support for the Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs’ (SAYFC) Big Build

Quality Meat Scotland

Quality Meat Scotland CEO backs SAYFC Big Build

Assurance changes underway for non-linked farm holdings

Assurance changes underway for non-linked farm holdings

Eligibility Shift

Quality Meat Scotland

QMS sets deadline for new SPE eligibility rules

The Scottish Animal Welfare Commission is proposing a three-tier system to widen welfare monitoring

The Scottish Animal Welfare Commission is proposing a three-tier system to widen welfare monitoring

SAWC urges wider measures of farm animal welfare

Scotch Beef is quality assured from farm to fork, with cattle born, reared and processed in Scotland under strict welfare and traceability standards

Scotch Beef is quality assured from farm to fork, with cattle born, reared and processed in Scotland under strict welfare and traceability standards

Quality Meat Scotland

QMS promotes Scotch red meat for Valentine’s Day

Scotch Beef showcased at ERTH during Swedish launch event

Scotch Beef showcased at ERTH during Swedish launch event

Scotch Beef Abroad

Quality Meat Scotland

Scotch Beef Club set for trailblazing Swedish launch

Will the store trade repeat the flying trade in spring 2025?

Will the store trade repeat the flying trade in spring 2025?

Beef market consistency

Store cattle prices dip but shortages help underpin market confidence

Iain Macdonald, market intelligence manager at QMS

Iain Macdonald, market intelligence manager at QMS

Quality Meat Scotland

Red meat markets in 2025: volatility, rebalancing and cultivating opportunities

QMS showcased Scotland's red-meat excellence at Anuga 2025, strengthening international relationships and highlighting why Scotch Beef, Lamb, and Specially Selected Pork are world-renowned.

QMS showcased Scotland's red-meat excellence at Anuga 2025, strengthening international relationships and highlighting why Scotch Beef, Lamb, and Specially Selected Pork are world-renowned.

Meating Our Potential

Quality Meat Scotland

Reflecting on a year of progress – a message from Kate Rowell, chair of QMS

NSA Scotland chair Peter Myles and piper Andy McGowan

NSA Scotland chair Peter Myles and piper Andy McGowan

Lamb & Tradition

Moredun Research Institute

NSA Scotland’s Lamb for St Andrew’s Day dinner

The event took place in Brazil last month (Photo: Leandro Balbino of IMAC)

The event took place in Brazil last month (Photo: Leandro Balbino of IMAC)

Global Beef Trends

Insights from Brazil: A Scottish perspective on global beef production

Willie Purdon, who farms near Strathaven, pulled off an impressive championship double

Willie Purdon, who farms near Strathaven, pulled off an impressive championship double

Champion Double Win

Purdon does the double as Scotch Butchers Club champions quality at LiveScot 2025

Sarah Miller, chief executive of Quality Meat Scotland

Sarah Miller, chief executive of Quality Meat Scotland

No Livestock Cuts

Quality Meat Scotland

QMS welcomes clarity on livestock policy in Scotland’s climate plan

A beef demo at Agriscot

A beef demo at Agriscot

Quality Meat Scotland

QMS showcase at AgriScot: driving innovation and opportunity in livestock farming

Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) is calling on communities, schools, and local organisations across Scotland to apply for its £50,000 Community Marketing Fund

Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) is calling on communities, schools, and local organisations across Scotland to apply for its £50,000 Community Marketing Fund

Quality Meat Scotland

Support for local initiatives: QMS Community Marketing Fund now open

Beef sales have fallen as prices continue to climb

Beef sales have fallen as prices continue to climb

Trends and Prices

Rising beef prices see shoppers switch to cheaper meats like chicken

HRH The Princess Royal with the Green family at Corskie Farm, Moray, following their 2024 Scotch Beef Farm of the Year win

HRH The Princess Royal with the Green family at Corskie Farm, Moray, following their 2024 Scotch Beef Farm of the Year win

Princess Royal tours award-winning Corskie Farm with the Green family

Lamb for St Andrew's Day brings farmers, schools and communities together across Scotland

Lamb for St Andrew's Day brings farmers, schools and communities together across Scotland

Taste Scottish Lamb

Quality Meat Scotland

Scotland’s marts celebrate 15 years of Lamb for St Andrew’s Day lunches

Eat to compete resource in action with Glasgow City FC

Eat to compete resource in action with Glasgow City FC

Fuel to Perform

Quality Meat Scotland

Glasgow City FC celebrates women’s football with ‘Eat to Compete’ nutrition day

UK livestock producers are defending red meat's role in healthy eating after a damming report was published

UK livestock producers are defending red meat's role in healthy eating after a damming report was published

Farmers Push Back

Scottish and UK farmers reject EAT-Lancet meat cuts

Scotch Beef and Scotch Lamb remain symbols of provenance and welfare under the updated standards

Scotch Beef and Scotch Lamb remain symbols of provenance and welfare under the updated standards

Quality Meat Scotland

QMS cuts red tape in new cattle and sheep standards

The Stewartry Sharkettes U16 girls team, showing off their new strips

The Stewartry Sharkettes U16 girls team, showing off their new strips

Quality Meat Scotland

Stewartry Rugby hosts 'Eat to Compete’ Day for Girls and Women

Scottish farmers are innovating to produce beef sustainably and nutritiously

Scottish farmers are innovating to produce beef sustainably and nutritiously

Sustainable Beef

Quality Meat Scotland

A green cow is a good cow for both business and environment

Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) at Anuga 2023

Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) at Anuga 2023

Quality Meat Scotland

Quality Meat Scotland to champion Scotch Beef, Lamb & Selected Pork at Anuga 2025

QMS Autumn campaign

QMS Autumn campaign

Meat the Season

Quality Meat Scotland

Quality Meat Scotland launches autumn Scotch Beef, Lamb and Pork campaign

Meat Voucher Scheme

Meat Voucher Scheme

Tasty school perk

Quality Meat Scotland

Scotland’s schools get a tasty boost from QMS Meat Voucher Scheme

Farmers and researchers join forces to shape the future of beef and sheep breeding

Farmers and researchers join forces to shape the future of beef and sheep breeding

Future Breeding

Quality Meat Scotland

Breeding better: QMS partners on net zero genetics project

Farmers and levy boards across the UK are uniting to celebrate lamb's versatility, quality, and the people behind its production during the 10th anniversary of Love Lamb Week

Farmers and levy boards across the UK are uniting to celebrate lamb's versatility, quality, and the people behind its production during the 10th anniversary of Love Lamb Week

a decade of celebration

British lamb celebrated as Love Lamb Week turns ten

Record red meat output in 2024, but livestock numbers fall Ref:RH161219030 Rob Haining / The Scottish Farmer

Record red meat output in 2024, but livestock numbers fall Ref:RH161219030 Rob Haining / The Scottish Farmer

future at risk?

Quality Meat Scotland

Scottish livestock numbers fall despite red meat sector’s £3.5bn impact

Attendees explore new tech at Bowhill farm, Selkirk, during UK Agri-Tech Centre event

Attendees explore new tech at Bowhill farm, Selkirk, during UK Agri-Tech Centre event

Tech Meets Farming

Quality Meat Scotland

Agri-tech in action as Bowhill hosts on-farm technology demonstrations

Harry Seran, head of finance and compliance at RSABI and Kate Rowell, chair of QMS

Harry Seran, head of finance and compliance at RSABI and Kate Rowell, chair of QMS

Worn with pride

Quality Meat Scotland

QMS t-shirt campaign raises £8700 for RSABI at Royal Highland Show

Interactive cookery demos

Interactive cookery demos

Passion for Meat

Quality Meat Scotland

QMS engages over 10,000 young people in spring and summer red meat outreach

Winners from across the UK gather on stage at the inaugural British Butchery Awards 2025, celebrating excellence in traditional and modern butchery

Winners from across the UK gather on stage at the inaugural British Butchery Awards 2025, celebrating excellence in traditional and modern butchery

Top Butchers Crowned

Quality Meat Scotland

British Butchery Awards celebrate skill and tradition

Young visitors engage in hands-on learning at RHET Fife's Food & Farming Day, one of many educational events held throughout the year

Young visitors engage in hands-on learning at RHET Fife's Food & Farming Day, one of many educational events held throughout the year

Farm Life Unfiltered

RHET Fife engages thousands with farming and food education

Scotland's suckler beef sector is under growing pressure - AIMS warns of an

Scotland's suckler beef sector is under growing pressure - AIMS warns of an

Save Scottish Beef

Quality Meat Scotland

Meat sector blasts government over suckler beef crisis

Industry leaders united at the Royal Highland Show to support Scottish beef, pork and lamb

Industry leaders united at the Royal Highland Show to support Scottish beef, pork and lamb

Back Local Meat

Quality Meat Scotland

Scotland’s red meat sector urges support now

Robert Neill, NFUS vice president, is calling on supermarkets to commit to 'Scottish first' sourcing of produce

Robert Neill, NFUS vice president, is calling on supermarkets to commit to 'Scottish first' sourcing of produce

Support Local Meat

Cheap imports risk undermining Scottish farming efforts