Pack report

First impressions are it is a report that doesn't have any new idea's in it . The first 40 cow subsidy will have the wrong effect in that people with 60 cows might cut back to 40 . Top slicing everyone to support a  few will not be popular , at least it wasn’t when we talked about it last summer at committee meetings ., Trying to irradiate disease is a worthy cause but not every one has a problem (But more than realise) . Something needs to be done to help hill sheep , I would suggest supporting the production of breeding females (Cross or pure) which might rekindle the old stratification of the Scottish sheep industry . The Hills can produce good quality health scheme  ewe lambs leaving the better land to concentrate of fat lamb production.

First thoughts

Kelvin Pate