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CLB Thurso
Tel: 01847 894567
Fax: 01847 894672
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Area Agricultural Advisor
email:
aothurso@sac.co.uk
Tel: 01847 892719
Fax: 01847 895423
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A Forward Strategy For Scottish Agriculture
June 2001
Overview available and full document as pdf
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The Scottish Sheep Industry - A Way Forward
Sep 2000
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Ever wondered about all those names
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19 March 08
Links to any mart reports can now be found in the Business Index
5 October 07
Quoybrae - Store Sheep Sale - 4th October 2007
6,852 sheep were sold
29 August 07
Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd Resume Sales After Restrictions Lifted
 Dingwall &
Highland Marts Limited held their first Prime sale since the
restrictions on the movement of livestock were lifted following the Foot
and Mouth outbreak in England. The firm had their firs sale of over 2000
lambs in Portree on Monday the 27th August 2007 and have rescheduled
sales over the next fortnight as follows......
25 July 07
Breeds In
The North Of Scotland
 First
photo in is a Simmental Bull
Send in photos for this section to
bill@caithness.org
Fat Sale At Dingwall Mart - 24 July 2007
 Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (July, 24th) sold 47 prime cattle and
208 prime sheep.
Note - Caithness.org has now agreed to run Mart reports from
Dingwall and Highland Marts and we hope these are of interest to farmers
in the north.
New Farm Animals Section Coming Shortly
We will also be setting up a section to build up sample photos of the
various breeds of animals sheep, cattle, pigs, goats etc that are reared
in Caithness Sutherland and Ross-shire. If anyone has photos of
particular breeds and would like to help us building these new galleries
please email them to
bill@caithness.org Acknowledgements will be added to each
photo stating the photographer and farm etc as requested by whoever send
the photo. Alternatively photos can be left without this
information. If anyone has photos of animals from earlier periods
that are no longer reared we will add this to historical gallery in the
same section. Prize winning animal photos will also have a
separate section if these are received. The far north rears some
of the best animals fed on grass in the country and we hope this will
help promote north of Scotland livestock to a wider public.
166th Caithness County Show 2007
19 July 07
Dingwall
& Highland Marts 4th Anniversary Show and Sale Of Store Cattle
 Sold
1,384 store cattle in the Anniversary show and sale. The Judge, Mr Alan
Turnbull of Meadowend, Clackmannan, chose a 510kg senior Limousin heifer
from J Munro & Son, Invercharron, Ardgay, which realised £760 to D Morrison,
No. 141 Burnside, Kinlochbervie as his Overall Champion in the Conanvet
sponsored singles show. The Reserve Champion award went to a 600kg senior
Limousin bullock from Gaich Farms, Lower Gaich, Dulnain Bridge, realising
£810 to T H Stevenson & Sons, Balmacolly Farm, Bankfoot.
"Quality kinds from Caithness met a strong demand." See
prices...............
27 May 07
Local
Food News from Hi Local Food Network - May 2007
27
May 07
Mey Selections Adding More Profits For Northern Farmers
MEY SELECTIONS RAISES ALMOST A QUARTER OF A MILLION
POUNDS IN PREMIUMS FOR BEEF AND LAMB £4.6m turnover in first full
trading year 25 May 2007: North Highland Products - the operating
company for the Mey Selections brand - has reported a turnover of
£4.6m in its first full year of operation, with around £240,000 raised
in premiums over the Scottish average price in 2006. "In our first
full year we have achieved a significant rise in turnover," said Danny
Miller, chairman, at the company's Annual General Meeting, held last
night at the Park Hotel, Thurso.
17th Annual Ploughing Match At Greenland Mains, Castletown 25 November
2006
 
27 July 06
Sutherland Venue For Northern Sheep Event
Lamb grading, sheep health, production systems and easycare sheep are
among the topics to be discussed at North Sheep an open day for the sheep
industry which is due to be held on Thursday the 10th August 2006, at
Kirkton Farm by Melvich, Sutherland, by the kind permission of Messers W
Findlayon. This free event which starts at 1.00pm has been organised by
SAC and is supported by European Social Fund (ESF), Highlands and islands
Enterprise (HIE), Scottish Agricultural College (SAC), Quality Meat
Scotland (QMS)
18 July 06
Caithness Beef Group Get Up to Speed on Production Efficiency
The change in farm support away from direct headage payments means
that livestock producers need to improve efficiencies in production and
not rely on the single farm payment to prop up the business.
Learning new ideas and implementing
these ideas is the way forward. And, for members of the Caithness and
Sutherland Beef Group there was an opportunity to do just that on 12th
July at Rattar Mains near Dunnet, Caithness.
The group met at the farm, by kind
permission of the Mackay family and, on a farm tour, they discussed
various aspects of efficient suckled calf production. The discussion was
led by the SAC Area Adviser, Bob Tosh, and the newly appointed Beef and
Sheep Specialist for Northern Scotland, Ian Pritchard.
New members are welcome to join the
group which meets on a regular basis to exchange ideas. Their meetings
are mainly on farms and different topics are chosen for discussion.
Details of how to join can be obtained from the SAC office, Strathbeg
House, Clarence Street, Thurso. Tel. 01847 892719
In the near future a sheep group will
be established and producers interested in
attending should contact David Brewster at the above address.
14 July 06
Sheep
Dip Licences
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) is
receiving enquiries from farmers in relation to the marketing suspension
of cypermethrin, also known as synthetic pyrethroid (SP), dip and is
being asked whether charges still apply for them holding a licence to
dispose of waste dip whilst these products cannot be sold. SEPA's
position is that the annual charges still apply.
Thurso Auction Mart To Close
 It was announced today by
United auctions that as part of a strategic re-organisation, that that the
seasonal livestock mart at Thurso is to close in November. In recent times only one person has been
employed at the mart in Thurso and some casual labour when sale was being
held. This follows the company’s recent disposal
of its 30 per cent shareholding in Dingwall and Highland marts. The
company is making a £350,000 investment in new facilities at Huntly and is
proposing to invest some £10 million in a new mart at Stirling. The usual
programme of sales is planned for the autumn with closure expected at the
end of November or early December.
Archived Caithness Farming Items 2006
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