Media Release: Management changes result in tighter calving period and higher percentage on Mull Monitor Farm
September 25, 2012

THE spring calving period on the Mull monitor farm has been reduced from four months...

Media Release: Increased prime lamb numbers lead to price tumble
September 21, 2012

PRIME lamb prices have fallen sharply over the past two weeks, reflecting increased numbers of...

Media Release: Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) launches Facebook page
September 20, 2012

QUALITY Meat Scotland (QMS) is today (20 September 2012) launching its own Facebook page. The...

Media Release: Campaign launched to encourage greater understanding of assurance definitions
September 20, 2012

QUALITY Meat Scotland has launched a campaign to encourage livestock farmers and others in the...

Media Release: Caithness man receives university honour
September 19, 2012

A CAITHNESS man has been recognised for his contribution to the University of the Highlands...

Media Release: Options to maximise beef finishing efficiency considered on monitor farm
September 18, 2012

THE impact of the escalating price of barley on already slim cattle finishing margins, was...

Media Release: Communication between processors and farmers highlighted at Monitor Farm meeting
September 13, 2012

THE benefits of two-way communication between livestock finishers and the abattoirs they supply were highlighted...

Media Release: Research needed to prove the positive environmental role of Scotland’s hill and upland farms, concludes QMS project
September 11, 2012

HILL and upland farms in Scotland are not being given the credit they deserve for...

Media Release: Latest Scotch Lamb campaign encourages consumers to take pride in local produce
September 10, 2012

QUALITY Meat Scotland (QMS) is rolling-out a new Scotch Lamb campaign which builds on the...

Media Release: Maximising technical efficiency vital for Scottish livestock farmers
September 10, 2012

MAXIMISING technical efficiency will be vital for Scottish livestock farmers to help off-set the impact...

Media Release: Focus on bull fertility at the Cairngorms Monitor Farm meeting
September 7, 2012

BULL fertility was among the key topics discussed at the recent meeting of the Cairngorms...

Media Release: Seafood in schools anchoring at Brechin High
September 7, 2012

SEAFOOD Scotland are kicking off this year’s Seafood in Schools programme with an exciting and...

Media Release: New campaign launched to ‘Make More with Mince’
September 4, 2012

A NEW Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) campaign promoting the versatility and potential of cooking with...

Media Release: Stirlingshire farm appointed as debut monitor farm for Forth
August 30, 2012

THE wide-ranging benefit of the monitor farm project to Scottish farming was a key factor...

Media Release: Free sheep EID reader workshops
August 28, 2012

QUALITY Meat Scotland (QMS), in conjunction with Scoteid, are running a series of free workshops...

Media Release: Boost to QMS health and education activity in schools
August 23, 2012

A PERTHSHIRE-based chef is adding his support to Quality Meat Scotland’s programme of health and...

Media Release: Focus on grassland rejuvenation at Kintyre monitor farm meeting
August 21, 2012

GRASSLAND improvement methods were the focus at the recent meeting of the Kintyre monitor farm....

Media Release: ‘Piping hot’ preparations for top Tayside event
August 17, 2012

THE heat was on in Dundee today when the Red Hot Chilli Pipers teamed up...

Media Release: Export manager to develop Scotch Beef and Scotch Lamb markets In Germany
August 13, 2012

AN export manager to develop new markets for Scotch Beef and Scotch Lamb in Germany...