General Movement Licence Introduced

by SCF | Sep 20, 2007 | News Archive

On the advice of the Chief Veterinary Officer (Scotland), Scottish Ministers have introduced a general movement licence which permits movements of less than 8km for routine farming operations, provided these are within premises or between premises in a single farming...

Latest Livestock Movement Information

by SCF | Sep 20, 2007 | News Archive

From: THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENTSeptember 19 2007 The Scottish Government today announced its intention to allow movements of up to eight kilometres within farm businesses. However, the timing of this will depend on the completion of animal movement tracings from...

FMD Restrictions and the Islands

by SCF | Sep 19, 2007 | News Archive

Over the course of the last couple of days, we have had a number of requests for clarification from crofters and others with regard to the restrictions on the movement of susceptible animals as they apply to the Scottish Islands. I thought it would be helpful to...

FMD – Movement Ban

by SCF | Sep 19, 2007 | News Archive

As part of the response to the confirmation of foot-and-mouth disease in Surrey, a National (GB) movement ban has been introduced on the movement of all susceptible animals. This list of susceptible species includes cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, deer, rodents (other...

Ongoing Support for Crofters Welcomed

by SCF | Sep 14, 2007 | News Archive

The Scottish Crofting Foundation this week commended the decision of the Scottish Government to continue the highly successful Crofting Community Development Scheme. The announcement by Crofting Minister, Mike Russell at the SCF Gathering in Dingwall last week follows...

Foot and Mouth – Text Alert

by SCF | Sep 14, 2007 | News Archive

NEW TEXT MESSAGE UPDATE SERVICE FOR FARMING COMMUNITIESThe Scottish Government today launched a new text alert service to help people on the move keep in touch with latest developments in the foot and mouth outbreak.After registering, subscribers will then receive...