DISEASE ZONE AT BORDER
Scotland fights to stay clear
By DOUGLAS MACSKIMMING
DESPITE DEFRA’S move to expand the bluetongue protection zone into the north of England, Scotland still has no immediate plans to follow suit by allowing vaccination this side of the Border.
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SCOTTISH HORSE SUPPLEMENT
FATAL ACCIDENT INQUIRY 11:08am Wednesday 27th August A FATAL accident inquiry at Haddington Sherriff Court this week heard how a North Berwick farmer tragically lost his life due to a surge of electricity to a piece of farm machinery.
PRICE DROPS KNOCK ULSTER DAIRY CONFIDENCE 11:06am Wednesday 27th August THE ULSTER Farmers’ Union is to seek meetings with all the major milk processors and purchasers in the Northern Ireland market place following a further fall in milk auction prices in Northern Ireland this week.
EMERGENCY MEETING PROMPTS PAYMENT CALL 11:03am Wednesday 27th August THE £61m in support payments due to Scotland’s hill farmers for 2008 should be issued as a matter of urgency. The call has come from NFU Scotland’s Less Favoured Areas Committee, which convened a special meeting in Perth last Friday.
BCMS enables cattle keepers to opt out of receiving paper application forms 1:50pm Friday 22nd August AFTER LISTENING to customers who use CTS Online and farm software packages, the British Cattle Movement Service has changed its computer system to allow cattle keepers to no longer receive paper applications forms.
Multi-breed sheep sales peak at 5000gns 11:30am Friday 22nd August THE JUDGE Gordon Mackie, Drimmie, Rescobie, Forfar, backed his decision and bought his choice of champion at a new Suffolk sheep sale at Carlisle, last week.
NI Texel trade soars to 12,000gns 11:28am Friday 22nd August A ROARING trade for the British Texel Sheep Society’s Northern Bank show and sale in Dungannon, last week, resulted in a 90% clearance with a top price of 12,000gns and more than £250,000 changing hands.
Bumper Beltex sale at Carlisle 11:27am Friday 22nd August A BELTER of a show of Beltex sheep boasting bumper back-ends ensured a flying trade for the society sale at Carlisle, last week, where overall averages soared to new heights in all sections, bolstered by a flying commercial trade which saw no fewer than 116 rams change hands at four-figure prices.
