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SCOTTISH FARMER, JUNE 27, 2009 |
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STREET FIGHTER!
McLaren warns that EID protests could escalate
By DOUGLAS MacSKIMMING
SHEEP AND farmers could soon be loose on Scotland’s streets, unless the European Commission comes to its senses over the proposed EID regulations now threatening to strangle the Scottish sheep sector.
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Sheep dip discharge costs Inverness farmer £500
1:48pm today
JOHN JUNOR of Dell Farm, Inverness, was fined £500 at Fort William Sheriff Court last week for failing to empty a sheep dipper and allowing the dip to leak into a nearby burn at Kentallen, Duror, Appin.
Scots GM clampdown
11:18am Monday 29th June
STRICT NEW rules to crack down on those who pollute the Scottish environment with GM materials came into force this week.
Opportunity at Orbost
11:16am Monday 29th June
A HUGE farming opportunity is up for grabs on the isle of Skye, where the tenancy of a spectacular 1774 hectare hill unit on the Orbost Estate is being offered at a budget rent of £3000 a year – to whoever comes up with the best plan for the business.
Farm deaths fall
11:14am Monday 29th June
THE NUMBER of people killed at work in Britain has fallen to a record low, according to new figures released by the Health and Safety Executive – but agriculture remains the most dangerous industry to work in.
Business
Dairy bull calves in the money
11:32am Monday 29th June
Despite the loss of the export market for calves due to a voluntary ban by overseas buyers following concerns about TB in the summer 2008, UK auctions are witnessing some bumper calf prices, driven primarily by the high prices fetched by finished and store cattle.
Dairy Event set to relocate
1:03pm Friday 19th June
THE DAIRY Event and Livestock Show is to relocate to the NEC, Birmingham, in 2010, from its current site at Stoneleigh Park, Coventry site.
Deehaven Holsteins peak at 7000gns
10:08am Friday 12th June
THE DEPRESSING news about the demise of DFB, just three days prior to the sale, did little to boost buyers confidence at Sam Noble’s Deehaven Holstein herd sale at Whitehouse Farm, South Wirral, on Monday, where a top price of 7000gns was achieved.
