Breeders of Highland Cattle have revolted at suggestions by its breed council that it should look at a compulsory assessment scheme for all bulls sold at official sales.
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A Highland butcher said yesterday it expected rising exports to help it nearly treble turnover this year.
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The severity of the financial problems at the ANM Group’s meat division claimed the scalp of chief executive Alan Craig yesterday.
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The lack of a UK action plan to eradicate a virus which costs dairy and beef cattle producers in excess of £60million annually has been branded pathetic by a scientist.
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An estate owner who has invested more than £1million on his tenanted farms in the last five years has urged stability in the market if landowners are to continue ploughing cash into them.
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An agricultural architectural technician left paralysed after suffering a brain tumour and then a severe stroke has raised more than £4,000 to help Aberdeen Royal Infirmary’s neurology department buy new equipment.
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Scientists from 11 European institutions have met in Aberdeen to discuss new research work which could reduce the environmental footprint of livestock production.
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