June is well known for Fathers’ Day and iconic summer events such as Royal Ascot and Glastonbury. For the last 40 years it has also been the month to celebrate Volunteers’ Week and to mark this milestone Farmstrong Scotland speaks to people from the rural community...
Press Releases
Quality Meat Scotland highlights whole supply chain approach key to high red meat standards
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) recently organised a successful knowledge transfer day at Kilmacolm Farm Tours, bringing together almost thirty members of The Scotch Beef Club and The Scotch Butchers’ Club. The event focussed on the unique qualities of Scotch red meat and...
Guidance changes for gamekeepers on rodenticide use
Guidance has been tightened for all users of professional rodenticides, including gamekeepers, with the withdrawal of the ‘open area’ pattern of use for second generation anti-coagulant rodenticides (SGARs), from the 4th of July 2024. Reflecting these changes, the...
Make It a Sizzling Summer with Scotch Beef, Scotch Lamb, Specially Selected Pork and the Bauer Radio Network
As the summer rolls in (and hopefully brings us some sun and blue skies!), Scotch Beef, Scotch Lamb, and Specially Selected Pork are teaming up again with the Bauer radio network to bring a sizzling campaign to listeners across Scotland. Building on the successful...
Putting the meat on the bones: Television team shine spotlight on ABP’s carbon calculation programme
BBC Countryfile presenter Adam Henson shared a behind-the-scenes insight into ABP Food Group’s sustainability initiative during Sunday’s edition of the popular programme. Viewers watched Adam as he explored the details of the Programme for the Improvement in...
Conditionality will be the straw that breaks the beef sector’s back
Three months have passed since the Scottish Government announced additional conditions to the Scottish Suckler Beef Support Scheme, bizarrely in the middle of calving season, and the argument over its impact rumbles on. Recently, IAAS and the industry were presented...
Resilience for farms and farmers key discussion at Roxburghshire Monitor Farm
Building resilience – for farms and anyone in farming – is the theme for the Roxburghshire Monitor Farm summer meeting, being held jointly with Farmstrong Scotland. Booking for the event, on Thursday 18 July, is now open. Farmers are invited to come along and hear the...
Grazing and time management focus for Argyllshire Monitor Farm summer meeting
‘Chewing the Cud Over Grazing and Managing our Time’ are the two key topics of this summer’s Argyllshire Monitor Farm open meeting, with booking now open for the event at Killinallan Farm on Islay on Thursday 25 July. Visitors to the event at the Archibald family’s...
Finishing cattle from forage the hot topic at upcoming Deeside Monitor Farm meeting
Bookings are now open for the Deeside Monitor Farm summer meeting on Tuesday 16 July, with visitors set to discuss forage and finishing cattle among other key topics. The meeting, which is open to anyone in agriculture, will see Monitor Farmers Duncan and Claire...
Kirkintilloch High School triumphs again in the Better Burger Challenge 2024
The Better Burger Challenge, a contest designed to inspire students to reformulate classic burgers into healthier and innovative versions using Scotch red meat, has announced its winner for 2024. Kirkintilloch High School in East Dunbartonshire has emerged victorious...