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SBA CAP reform survey
21st January 2014
Dear member The Scottish Beef Association is extremely concerned about the proposed new CAP payments for beef producers in Scotland. Many of you will be at least 50 per cent down on previous years. We intend to approach the Cabinet Secretary in the ...
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SBA voices major concern over CAP deal
18th January 2014
THE Scottish Beef Association has warned many upland beef farmers could be "shafted" by the new CAP deal. In a hard-hitting message the association insist many beef producers are set to lose as much as 50 per cent of their current Single Farm Paymen...
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SBA backs liveweight gains
12th January 2014
THE Scottish Beef Association has been encouraged by the news liveweight gains of over 1kg per head per day for store cattle on a forage only ration are being achieved at a Dumfriesshire farm. Doug Greenshields has been operating a rotational grazi...
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SBA urges members to have their say
20th December 2013
THE Scottish Beef Association has reminded its members to get involved in the latest CAP reform consultations. We would encourage everyone to have their say and fill in the online forms before they come to a close in the New Year. On Tuesday the Sco...
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The Scottish Beef Association has hit out at the different rates of ear tag losses that trigger a penalty between cattle and sheep
8th August 2013
IT’S not something the creators of the world’s first artificial beef burger need to worry about. But it’s certainly something that Scotch Beef producers need to ensure they get right. In the week that has witnessed the unveiling of the most expensiv...
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The Scottish Beef Association is encouraging producers to hold back sales as processors attempt to squeeze finished cattle prices.
1st August 2013
THE Scottish Beef Association is encouraging producers to hold back sales as processors attempt to squeeze finished cattle prices. While deadweight prices have hit record levels in recent months the almost-annual seasonal decline is now showing sign...
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