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SBA welcomes Brussels concessions

23rd February 2014

The Scottish Beef Association has praised Richard Lochhead on his success in persuading the EU commissioner to allow Scotland access to a larger pot for Coupled Payments. Lochhead has also secured the use of Stocking Rates as a measure of minimum ac...

Coupled support vision gets backing

15th February 2014

The Scottish Beef Association were last week represented at a livestock stakeholders meeting with Richard Lochhead which saw almost universal agreement on our version of coupled support. The Cabinet Secretary reacted positively to the idea of a Pill...

Active farmers must come first

13th February 2014

THE Scottish Beef Association insist Holyrood's CAP reform measures must prioritise those already in the industry. Otherwise they fear a mass destocking could take place if there is no reduction in losses brought about by the reform's proposals. Thi...

Open letter to the Cabinet Secretary

6th February 2014

Dear Richard AN OPEN LETTER SENT ON BEHALF OF IAAS, NSA, NFU SCOTLAND, SFMTA, SAMW, SBA AND SDCA Scotland’s livestock organisations met with representatives of Scotland’s Milk producers, the Auctioneers (IAAS), the red meat processors (SAMW), and ...

SBA join CAP talks

4th February 2014

THE Scottish Beef Association last week met with other farming stakeholder groups in a bid to find common ground on the ongoing CAP reform. SBA representatives gathered alongside counterparts from the Scottish NFU, NSA and the SAMW as well as auctio...

CAP battle continues

29th January 2014

THE Scottish Beef Association has launched an online survey to gauge the opinion of its members on CAP reform. Many have already filled in the brief questionnaire detailing how they will be affected but the association has called on anyone still to ...