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August 2008

27/08/2008 - Vet Action Threat to TB Testing Schedules NFU Scotland is urging those producers due to routinely test their herds for bovine tuberculosis (TB) this autumn to discuss the situation with their private vets now.

26/08/2008 - Union Believes Bluetongue Explanation Needed NFU Scotland believes farmers deserve a fuller explanation of the decision-making process following the Defra announcement last week of its intention to roll out its bluetongue (BT) vaccination programme into Northumberland and Cumbria this September.

25/08/2008 - Emergency Meeting Sparks Call for Early Payments The £61 million 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.

21/08/2008 - Hard Evidence Needed on Sheep EID Impact NFU Scotland is calling on its membership to help provide real and substantial evidence on the impact that compulsory electronic identification of sheep could have on the Scottish sheep flock.

20/08/2008 - Don't Delay - Book Older Cattle Today NFU Scotland is reminding producers that the Older Cattle Disposal Scheme (OCDS) will end this year and that those intending to put cows into the scheme will have to book in advance or face disappointment. Industry intelligence suggests that booking slots are going fast.

20/08/2008 - NFUS to Ensure Supermarkets Play Fair to Farmers NFU Scotland has written to the major retailers in order to highlight to them increasing concern over the potentially damaging effect that recent pricing strategies could have on farmgate prices and the future supply of Scottish food and drink.

20/08/2008 - Window of Opportunity in Bluetongue Timetable NFU Scotland believes that Scottish livestock producers have a window of opportunity in which to minimise trade disruption with the North of England this autumn.

19/08/2008 - Confidence Booster Needed for Sheep Sector The indifferent start to the Scottish sheep sale season has left the sector in dire need of a confidence booster.

14/08/2008 - Union Helps Soothe SRDP Teething Troubles NFU Scotland was left feeling reassured after a meeting yesterday aimed at resolving problems with applying for Scottish Rural Development Programme (SRDP) Rural Priorities, the competitive element of the SRDP.

13/08/2008 - Petition Peaks at Europe's Biggest Sheep Sale The hugely successful petition calling for a more appropriate, cost-effective and pragmatic way of identifying and recording the movements of Scotland’s six million sheep comes to a close at Europe’s largest one-day sheep sale, being held in Sutherland today (Wednesday, 13 August).

13/08/2008 - Farm Borrowing Dip Will be Short Lived as Costs Rise Scottish Government statistics showing a decrease of £29 million in farm borrowing in the year up to May 2008 are likely to have been surpassed as input costs of fuel, fertiliser and feed have risen sharply in the last few months.

12/08/2008 - Producers Must Be Protected From Retail Price War NFU Scotland is alarmed that the UK’s largest retailer is driving value out of the liquid milk chain at a time when producers need a clear signal that their milk is wanted.

07/08/2008 - Pig Package Offers Little to Producers NFU Scotland has expressed significant reservations around the £1 million pig package announced today (Thursday, 7 August) by Scottish Government.

06/08/2008 - Action Needed to Address Destocking Issue NFU Scotland believes a revised package of measures for agriculture in Scotland’s hills and uplands is critical to address the decline in production before it’s too late. The call was made following the publication of a report entitled "Farming’s Retreat from the Hills" which highlights the dramatic reduction in the numbers of hill sheep being kept in more remote parts of the country.

06/08/2008 - Time Is Right For Vaccination Roll-Out Review NFU Scotland believes the time is right for the UK livestock industry to take stock of the Bluetongue vaccination programme underway in England and Wales.

05/08/2008 - NFUS Shetland Public Meeting To Tackle Bluetongue NFU Scotland is calling on all of Shetland’s livestock farmers and crofters to attend a public meeting to decide on the island’s preferred option for controlling the deadly livestock disease, Bluetongue.

01/08/2008 - Buffalo 'N' Beef Draw the Crowds at Food & Farming Event Over one hundred farmers, as well as some of Scotland’s best butchers and chefs descended on Puddledub at Clentrie farm, Auchtertool in West Fife this week to learn more about what Scotland’s high-quality catering industry and food processors are looking for from beef producers.

01/08/2008 - Troubled Rural Priorities Scheme Hits a Further Hitch NFU Scotland has written to Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs to once again voice its concern over the troubled Rural Priorities Scheme.

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