Wow! £33M from the Ag budget now not there to support Scottish farmers & no timescale for replacing. No wonder there's a gaping hole where the policy should be (can't be resourced) & explains Mairi Gougeon avoiding farmers by ducking out of the Scottish Beef Event Peter Landale

Summer is here and so is our brand new TV campaign! 🌞📺 Catch our summer campaign live on TV from 1 to 30 June on STV Borders, STV Player and ITV Player, featuring a 30s ad that you won't want to miss!

Scotland's Beef Event is being held at the Dalswinton Estate in Dumfries with 18 different cattle breeds on showcase. itv.com/news/border/20…

Butchery Demonstration underway at the QMS stand at Scotland's Beef Event, with Scotch Butchers Club Manager Gordon Newlands and Scottish Young Chef of the Year 2021 Fraser Cameron. #ScotlandsBeefEvent2023

We are at the Scottish Beef Event today, hosted at the Dalswinton Estates, Dumfries. Follow Emma Steele Amy Hughes (nee Fawcett) along as they experience: 🚜Farm tours 🥩Butchery and Chef demo 🐂Seminars about sustainable farming Scottish Beef Assoc The National Beef Association (NBA)

Enjoyable day at the Scottish Beef Association event “Beef from the Hills” down in D&G. Thanks to them for the chance to promote our project on vet medicine usage…finished in time to hot foot it down to see our own Tom McNeilly talking about disease and GHG emissions! The Moredun Foundation

Final seminar underway at Scotland’s Beef Event at Dalswinton Estate, Dumfries

Many thanks to Peter Landale & team, Scottish Beef Association & all involved in a brilliant Scotland's Beef Event at Dalswinton Estate today! Great to feel so much support from the industry & to hear lots of people chatting comfortably about mental health. 😊#keeptalking #mentalhealth

Thank you so much to everyone who has so kindly taken the time to reply to my post🙏 I want to take time to digest all ideas/messages & will come back to everyone this week once I have formed more of a plan. A few people have asked for my email - [email protected] 😊

More about the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Agricultural Policy session we've arranged SRUC/@ConsultingSAC pavilion on Thurs & Fri at #RHS23. Do join us & add your voice to the policy debate. Please retweet. Scot Gov Rural NFU Scotland Claire Taylor Farming for 1.5°C Just Transition Commission SEFARI Gateway Mairi Gougeon

Our best wishes to Lynda & Andy Eadon setting off today from John O’Groats to Lands End in a John Deere tractor to drive home the powerful message in memory of their late son, Len - “no-one in the agricultural community should feel isolated or alone”. #KeepTalking 0808 1234 555

Assessing live animals - What are the key handling points, on cattle, for fat class? Let's have a look 👀 👉tail head, pin bones, loin, ribs, shoulder, brisket 👉male or female? #hitthespec #meatproducers #teambeef

The beef industry has - and will continue to - face many challenges. The support and revenue generated from our members allows the NBA to continue to fight for our industry, and to work towards the organisation’s aims. Why not join up today! nationalbeefassociation.com/about/how-to-j…

🐂🏴Concerns rise among beef farmers in Scotland as ABP takes over Scotbeef's abattoir and packing facility.   thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/23605170.…   #BeefFarmers #SupportLocalFarmers #MeatIndustry

As part of the Scot Gov Rural update to the Agricultural Reform Programme route map announced by Mairi Gougeon was that "New conditions will be introduced to SSBSS in 2025, linked to calving interval performance" to improve financial and carbon efficiency ruralpayments.org/topics/agricul…

It's one week since we launched QMS' new 5-year strategy. Please get in touch if you have any questions or feedback about the new strategy - we welcome your input and look forward to speaking to you in person in the coming months. Download the strategy - heyzine.com/flip-book/4ee0…

🌱🔥 The Scottish farming sector is rising to the challenge and standing strong against the recent recommendations of the Climate Change Committee (CCC) report. 🚜🌾 thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/23639927.… #ScottishFarmingSector #ClimateChangeChallenge

The June Agricultural census is now open until 27 August for submissions. We want to know about the things that matter most to farmers and crofters, including new questions on agricultural production methods and fertiliser use. Start your submission➡️tinyurl.com/3metmujf

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"Eating less meat 'like taking 8m cars off road'". AHDB is disappointed to see this headline and a study from University of Oxford Future of Food @Pete_Scarbs conveying simplistic conclusions to a very complex topic. Here's everything that's wrong with it 👇🧵