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Scottish Beef Calf Scheme Payments Begin
More than 7,900 Scottish producers will receive their share of £22 million of European funding in the next few weeks. Payments for the 2011 Scottish Beef Calf Scheme (SBCS) will start to arrive in bank accounts, with 95 per cent of recipients expected to receive their payment by the end of April, subject to necessary… »
Annual Cattle Sale
United Auctions held their Annual February Sale of 326 head of Cattle at Tiree Auction Mart. The 184 Bullocks averaged £676 or 180pence per kilo, recording a drop of £46.47 on last year’s high values. The 142 Heifers averaged £526 or 172pence per kilo, recording a drop of £32.49 on last year’s values. Bullocks sold… »
Annual Cattle Sale
All Stock Sold Saturday morning was damp and grey but that didn’t seem to deter the buyers who had travelled over from the mainland for the first Tiree Cattle Sale of 2010. Three hundred and seventeen animals had been put up for sale, trading was brisk and all stock was cleared at very satisfactory rates…. »
