Plan ahead on feed urges Mccornick

With a number of livestock producers caught out by last winter when their fodder supplies were on the verge of running out, NFU Scotland yesterday launched a campaign to prevent this happening again.

The 12-week campaign is encouraging both buyers and growers of straw and feed to think about what they need, not only in the short-term.

Union president Andrew Mccornick said: “At a time when many are watching budgets, we have launched this campaign to get live - stock producers thinking about how they will overcome shortages of feed and bedding, and growers about what is best for their businesses too.”

He called on buyers and sellers of fodder to think flexibly and for businesses to consider what could be done collectively.

M cC or nick highlighted the unusual weather extremes in the past year. “Last autumn and this spring it was un-relenting rain and the late cold snap. Now, it is the prolonged dry spell.”