Agriculture & Associated Services News

Mey Selections provides 'veritable feast' during Scottish Tourism Week

Mey Selections was one of the sponsors of this year's Scottish Tourism Week 4-11 March, which saw a number of events taking place throughout the country.  One hundred and fifty people representing the Scottish tourism industry enjoyed the delicious taste of Mey Selections lamb, cheese and oatcakes at the Scottish Tourism Dinner held last week in Glasgow, while another 180 guests sampled Barrogill whisky, along with Mey Selections cheeses, oatcakes, chutneys, jams, honeys, shortbread and biscuits at a reception held at the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood.  

Dingwall & Highland Marts - Special Sale Of Rare and Minority Breeds 8th March 2008

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts (March, 8th) sold 28 cattle, 72 sheep, 18 pigs and 207 lots of poultry and equipment at their special sale of rare and minority breeds.   Cattle (28) sold to £410 for a Highland cow with bullock calf at foot from, Oldany Farm, Drunbeg.  

Dingwall & Highland Marts - Sale 27 February 2008

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (February 27th) sold 2,313 sheep of all classes.   Store lambs (1,535) sold to £52 for Texel crosses from Cypress Cottage, Achterneed, and for Cheviots from No.  

Mey Selections Producers Of The Year 2007 Announced

The Wick office of North Highland Products hosted a ceremony to announce the winners of the 2007 Mey Selections Producer of the Year Awards.   The winners in each of three categories - Aberdeen Angus, Commerical Cattle and Lamb, each received a silver cup and £100 prize.  

Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (February, 13th) Lamb Sale sold 2,366

DINGWALL, Lambs (1,569) averaged £32.31 and sold to £65 gross for Beltex lambs from No.  25 Camult Muir, Kiltarlity.  

Mey Selections Leads The Way In Carbon Footprinting And Labelling Initiative

Mey Selections, the brand name of North Highlands Products Ltd., is delighted to announce that they are the first Scottish SME (Small Medium Enterprise) to become involved with the Carbon Trust's product carbon footprinting and labelling initiative.   "Not only are we the first Scottish SME, we are one of the first food and drink companies to become involved with the initiative.  

Dingwall & highland Marts Ltd., (23rd January 2008)

DINGWALL, Dingwall & highland Marts Ltd., (23rd January 2008) sold 496 store cattle and nine breeding cattle.   Bullocks (308) averaged 135.7p (+4.1) and sold to 168.2p per kg for a pen of eight 318kg Charolais crosses from Torgormack, Kirkhill, and £755 for a pen of 571kg Charolais crosses from Hilton Farm, Tain.  

Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 15 January 2008

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (January, 15th ) sold 76 prime cattle.   Prime bullocks (49) averaged 132.9p (-4.1p) and sold to 143p per kg and £957 gross.  

LOCAL BUTCHER OFFERS A QUALITY CHRISTMAS COURTESY OF MEY SELECTIONS

Staff at Harrold Bros, based in the High Street in Wick, have been particularly busy over the past few weeks, preparing a mouth-watering array of Mey Selections meat and accompaniments in time for the Festive Season.   As Neil Harrold explained, "Every year we aim to offer the finest meat but this year we feel we have surpassed ourselves in that not only, as the Mey Selections licensee in the area, can we offer excellent beef and lamb, but also a vast range of the company's other products - all guaranteed to make the Christmas and New Year celebratory meals ones to remember." Preserves and chutneys, crunchy oatcakes, biscuits and shortbread, as well as traditional clootie, are just some of the temptations for sale at this local Wick shop.  

QUOYBRAE, Aberdeen & Northern Marts - Sale 5 November 2007

QUOYBRAE, Aberdeen & Northern Marts (5th November) sold 3,287 Prime, Store & Breeding Sheep.   Prime Lambs (299) sold to 76.4p a kg for 71 42.1kg Suffolks and £32.50 gross for 11 43.1kg Texels all from B Brims & Sons, Brabsterdorran Mains, Bower.