News by year
News 2020
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Farm Business Survey – collecting information from farms
15 July, 2020
SAC Consulting will be arranging to visit some farms participating in the Farm Business Survey (FBS) to collect and return documents.
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Farm inspections to restart
7 July, 2020
Inspectors from RPID Area Offices will shortly commence on farm inspections for land and certain aspects of cross compliance.
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Innovative local food producers tap into sustainable health foods market
3 July, 2020
Rural Matters crossed paths with Shore Seaweed at last year’s Royal Highland Show, where they shared their story with us.
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Beef Efficiency Scheme 2020 - Early selection from spring born animals
30 June, 2020
As per the 2020 Scheme update, businesses had the opportunity to voluntarily enter their spring born calving data by 9 June.
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Calving deadline for the Beef Efficiency Scheme
25 June, 2020
The deadline to data capture all 2020 spring born animals – that is animals born between 1 January and 1 June – is 15 July 2020.
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Agricultural census deadline
25 June, 2020
Farmers are being encouraged to complete the 2020 Agricultural Census before the extended deadline of Friday 31st July.
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Farming never stops – inspections to restart
24 June, 2020
With some inspections restarting soon, Rural Matters spoke to Agricultural Officer Graham Henderson from the Perth Area Office about staff and farmer safety.
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Mobile testing unit locations - 8 June
9 June, 2020
On May 1st the First Minister announced a further expansion of coronavirus (COVID-19) testing in Scotland.
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“The Skills Matching Service gave me the exact person I was looking for"
4 June, 2020
Rural Matters chatted with dairy farmer David Murdoch of Laigh Smithstone Farm, Kilwinning, and Heather McNeil from Kilmarnock.
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June Agricultural Census 2020
1 June, 2020
The June Agricultural Census is available to complete as of today (1 June). This year’s census will only be available online.