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December 2022
NSA Lambing List provides useful network for farmers and students to connect.
The National Sheep Association (NSA) Lambing List is now once again open for business ahead of the 2022/2023 lambing season, providing the perfect solution for sheep farmers seeking extra help at their busiest time of year. The service connects sheep farming members of NSA requiring assistance at lambing time with agricultural and veterinary students looking for a work experience placement as part of their studies, therefore benefitting both parties.
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December 2022
NSA Scottish Region celebrates with Lamb for St Andrews Day
More than 60 people joined NSA Scottish Region last night for a delicious Scotch Lamb based meal to celebrate St Andrews Day. The inaugural ‘Lamb for St Andrew’s Day’ dinner was a fantastic social evening, bringing together sheep farmers from around Scotland and further afield.
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December 2022
NSA calls out TV giant Netflix for promotion of sheep worrying by dogs
For many years the National Sheep Association (NSA) has fought to increase awareness of the devastating issue of sheep worrying by dogs. So as families prepare for the Christmas holidays, the association that represents UK sheep farmers is angered by a new festive family film inadvertently ignoring the seriousness of the issue.
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November 2022
FAST calls for urgent co-design commitment from Scottish Government
The recently-established Food & Agriculture Stakeholders’ Taskforce (FAST) which NSA Scotland is part of, today challenged the Scottish Government to take urgent steps to include the farming industry in the co-design of future agriculture policy. During a seminar at AgriScot, FAST representative, Doug Bell, called on Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands, to clarify her co-design plans, ahead the closing of the Agriculture Bill consultation early next month.
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November 2022
UK Sheep sector urges Government to consider implications of regulation
The National Sheep Association (NSA) is concerned that a significant amount of the UK’s meat production will become non-compliant for export to the EU if proposed changes are implemented meaning a veterinary attestation of health status must accompany animals destined for slaughter.
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October 2022
NSA and British Wool 'Wool Symposium' highlights need to promote wool’s cool credentials
‘British wool should not be seen as a by-product’. This was the headline message coming from the National Sheep Association (NSA) Next Generation’s Wool Symposium earlier this month that brought together enthusiastic young sheep farmers and industry representatives to debate the future of this sustainable but often undervalued fibre.
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October 2022
NSA Scottish Region – Lamb for St Andrews Day Dinner
Wednesday 30th November, 7pm in the Macdonald Inchyra Hotel and Spa Grange Road, Polmont, Falkirk, FK2 0YB NSA Scottish Region look forward to welcoming you to our inaugural Lamb for St Andrews Day Dinner which will be held on the evening of Wednesday 30th November 2022.
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October 2022
NSA Next Generation Ambassadors complete programme of personal and career development
The 2022 cohort of National Sheep Association (NSA) Next Generation Ambassadors drew their programme to a close last week following their final engaging session in Northumberland. Having come together at the start of the year the group of 13 young sheep farmers from all corners of the UK have taken part in a series of four ‘delivery sessions’.
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September 2022
Catching Up With NSA Scotland Interim Chair Peter Myles
Originally published on Friday 23rd September 2022, The Scottish Farmer NSA Scotland has a new chair with Peter Myles taking over until at least the ARMM in February. The Angus hill sheep farmer succeeds Jen Craig, who resigned from the post earlier in the month, to spend more time on her Lanarkshire sheep farm.
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September 2022
Scot Gov Announces Ag Bill Consultation Events
In March of this year, the Scottish Government published the Vision for Agriculture. The Vision outlines their ambition for Scotland to become a global leader in sustainable and regenerative agriculture, with a support framework for farmers and crofters that delivers climate mitigation, nature restoration and high-quality food production.
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