All Scotland articles – Page 6
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NewsRecord pig prices driven by tight supply
In the week ending April 8th, the GB Standard Pig Price (SPP) reached a new record high of 216.7p/kg deadweight, according to the latest market commentary from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).This was 37% higher than the same week last year and 45% above the five-year average. While the market has ...
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NewsScottish Association of Meat Wholesalers appoints new executive manager
The Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers (SAMW) has appointed Scott Walker as its new executive manager.SAMW's new executive manager, Scott Walker.Walker, who was previously the chief executive of NFU Scotland, takes on the role formerly held by Martin Morgan who sadly passed away in January this year.“Scott joins a long ...
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NewsHunt is on for the world's best haggis
Open season has been declared on the Scottish haggis as the hunt begins to track down the finest.Fife butcher and current Scottish Haggis Champion Tom Courts gets in the mood for the World Haggis Championship.The first ever Haggis World Championship will be staged in Perth on May 14th when producers ...
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NewsPrincess Royal Visits Roxburghshire Monitor Farm
A Roxburgh farm has given a royal welcome to Her Royal Highness Princess Anne as part of the Monitor Farm Programme, supported by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) and AHDB.QMS Princess Royal at Cowbog farm.JRB Wilson & Sons, Cowbog Farm – one of nine Monitor Farms in Scotland - hosted HRH, ...
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NewsScottish Young Chef of the Year awarded by QMS
Cliodhna Reid, Commis Chef at Strathearn Restaurant, Gleneagles has been awarded Scottish Young Chef of the Year.Scottish Young Chef of the Year, Cliodhna Reid, commis chef at Strathearn Restaurant, Gleneagles received her award from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) brands development Manager Gordon Newlands and chief executive of Scottish Chefs, Kevin ...
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NewsCall for fresh talent to join the butchery industry
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), in partnership with Scotland Food & Drink, is aiming to change the face of butchery by urging young people and career changers to consider a role within the sector – helping to fill more than 750 potential vacancies in the process.With the average age of a ...
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NewsCattle prices buck seasonal trend in 2023 and reach new record highs
During February, prime cattle prices continued to set new record high levels at Scottish abattoirs according to the latest market commentary from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).Latest figures from the industry body reveal R4L steers reached 489.2p/kg dwt in the week ending February 25th, an increase of 18.5% over the same ...
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NewsQMS reveals four new faces of The Scotch Butchers Club
The club of independent UK butchers who stock the Scotch brands has unveiled four new ambassadors who it hopes will drive the positive messages of the Scottish red meat industry forward.The Scotch Butchers Club, run by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), is a scheme of more than 250 independent butchers and ...
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NewsQuality Meat Scotland updates Pig Assurance Scheme standards
New Standards are set to go live this spring, following an extensive review by the Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) Standards Setting Body for the Pig Assurance Scheme.Effective from 1st May 2023, key changes to the scheme will see mandatory training brought in for stockpersons involved in the moving, handling and ...
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NewsGlobal red meat trade flows set to remain firm in 2023
Farmgate cattle and pig prices have reached a new record high as the lamb trade struggles to match levels of early 2021 and 2022, according to the latest market commentary from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS). Forecasts from leading agriculture analysts point to further instability in the global red meat market ...
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NewsLamb for St Andrew’s Day boosts sales in the ring
The latest market analysis shows a 20% uplift in liveweight lamb prices in Scotland’s auction markets in November, for a second year in a row, believed to be on the back of the industry initiative, Lamb for St Andrew’s Day. In its support of the Scottish sheep sector, The Institute ...
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NewsScotland's beef herd set to shrink further but sheep flock could increase
NFU Scotland’s 2023 Intentions Survey, which closed earlier in January, has pointed to further shrinkage in Scotland’s beef sector, with many farmers reducing cow numbers alongside indications that some are replacing them with sheep.The survey, supported by Quality Meat Scotland, was set up to assess the scale of change that ...
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NewsThe World Championship Scotch Pie Award goes once again to James Pirie & Son
Butchers James Pirie & Son has been awarded the title World Scotch Pie Champion of Champions. The retailer won the competition in 2020 and in 2018 as well as taking the title World Scotch Pie Champion of Champions in 2021 with their iconic Scotch Pie.Carol Smille with Allan Pirie from ...
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NewsQuality Meat Scotland celebrates Scottish red meat sector at parliamentary event
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) highlighted its plans to support and protect the growth of Scotland’s red meat industry at its recent parliamentary reception.Delegates at the Scottish Parliament attend the QMS Scotch Lamb for St Andrews day. MSP Jim Fairlie (back). Front row L-R: Prof Alice Stanton, Cabinet Secretary Mairi Gougeon, ...
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NewsA few predictions for 2023 from pig and beef sectors
In his new year message National Pig Association (NPA) chairman, Rob Mutimer wants to see profitability return to the sector. Also looking to next year QMS hopes the reopening of Hong Kong to overseas tourists and the partial relaxation of Covid restrictions will help support imports for the local foodservice ...
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NewsSARIA acquires Devro for £540m
German food manufacturer SARIA has acquired Scottish sausage casing producer Devro plc (Devro) for £540 million.Devro is one of the leading global suppliers of collagen-based edible films and coatings. With over 85 years’ experience in collagen casings, its products are used globally in the production of a wide variety of ...
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NewsGrants of Taynuilt grabs a Golden Haggis 'double'
Returning for the first time since 2019, this year’s Golden Haggis Awards 2022 saw haggis makers from all over Scotland fighting it out for the coveted title in the cask room at Oban Distillery. Mark Grant and his Golden Haggis double win.Grants of Taynuilt ensured that both the titles that ...
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NewsOlympics of Meat: At the cutting edge of butchery talent
The World Butchers’ Challenge, otherwise known as the ‘Olympics of Meat’ recently look place in Sacramento, California, bringing together butchers from across the globe for a test of workmanship, meat cutting and displaying."Team GB's performance was nothing short of outstanding," said QMS's Gordon Newlands.UK judge, and brands development manager for ...
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NewsAIPZ declared across GB to tackle cases of bird flu
The chief veterinary officers from Wales, England and Scotland have announced an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) across the whole of Great Britain to mitigate the risk of the disease spreading amongst poultry and captive birds.It is now a legal requirement for all bird keepers in Great Britain to follow ...
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NewsScottish agriculture making ‘positive strides’ towards methane targets, says NFU Scotland
Commenting from COP26 in Glasgow, NFU Scotland’s climate change policy manager Kate Hopper said that Scottish farmers, crofters and growers are “already on their net zero journey.”Source: NFU Scotland. Climate change policy manager for NFU Scotland Kate Hopper.In response to the announcement from COP26 that more than 80 countries have ...
