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A lesson in monogamy from ospreys.
They were extinct 50 years ago;
now they are widespread.
These birds are an inspiration
Magnus Linklater
Editor: Scottish Edition, The Times
Thursday 27th March 2008
Comment on Dr Ruth Watkins'
views on EC rules re Bluetongue vaccination
James Irvine
Teviot Scientific, Cultyrbaggan Farm, Comrie, Perthshire
Monday 24th March 2008
The Scottish Agricultural Wages Board achieves the damage
that it was predicted to achieve
James Irvine, Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie, Perthshire
Saturday 22 March 2008
Bluetongue disease Surveillance Zone creeps ever closer
to Cumbria and so to the Scottish Border
James Irvine
Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie Perthshire
Thursday 20th March 2008
What is the NFUS stance on the use of Bluetongue vaccine in Scotland?
James Irvine
Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie, Perthshire
Wednesday 19th March 2008
Government condemned for 'shabby' foot and mouth laboratory
Valerie Elliott: Countryside Editor, The Times
(This article, originally published in The Times 12th March,
is reproduced with kind permission)
Monday 10th March 2008
NBA looks forward to the next stage now that first steps
to protect Scotland from Bluetongue are complete
National Beef Association Scotland
Saturday 8th March 2008
Tide turns in farmers favour
Edwin Gillanders
Editor: Farm North East
Friday 7th March 2008
Scotland agrees at stakeholders meeting to order Bluetongue vaccine
without further delay for all its cattle and sheep
James Irvine
Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie, Perthshire
Who knows there's a food crisis?
The early signs are there, but the world seems to be
sleepwalking towards disaster
Magnus Linklater
Editor: Scottish Edition, The Times
Sitting on the fence is a pain in the bottom
Anne Treneman
Political Sketch: The Times
Thursday 6th March 2008
About Bluetongue Disease
Dr Ruth Watkins
Welsh Sheep Farmer:
Former Consultant Clinical Virologist
Sunday 24th February 2008
Scottish Minister for Rural Affairs dispenses both cheer and gloom
at NFUS agm on 22nd February
James Irvine
Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie, Perthshire
Thursday 14th February 2008
Bluetongue risk to Scotland without vaccine protection this summer is too high
National Beef Association Scotland
Saturday 2nd February, 2008
My Kafkaesque town hall battle
Whoever suggested that we'd be wise to devolve more
powers
to local government must be crackers
Magnus Linklater
Editor: Scotish Edition, The Times
Monday 28th January 2008
National Beef Association Scotland insists that
vaccine stocks are the only protection tool
capable of extinguishing Bluetongue fire
James Irvine
Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie, Perthshire
Saturday 25th January 2008
Olli Mustonen abuses Beethoven and Mozart at The Queens Hall, Edinburgh
James Irvine
Sunday 20th January 2008
Scottish State Veterinary Service makes depressing comments regarding its policy
on vaccination against Bluetongue Disease
James Irvine, Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie, Perthshire
December 2007mmm
Thursday 20th December 2007 |
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Defra
orders 22.2million doses of Bluetongue serotpe 8 vaccine
for England: for farmers to buy if they want to. What kind
of health policy is that?
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland |
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Dunedin
Consort, director John Butt, gave a superb performance of
Handel's Messiah, Queens Hall, Edinburgh 17th December 07
James Irvine |
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Wednesday 19th December 2007 |
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The
next time the floods come we've got to be better prepared
Valerie Elliott: Consumer Editor, The Times |
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'Fresh'
supermarket chicken that flew in from Brazil months ago
Valerie Elliott: Consumer Editor, The Times |
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Sunday 16th December 2007 |
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Challenging
year ahead for farmers - but grounds for optimism
Edwin Gillanders: Editor, Farm North East |
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Saturday 15th December 2007 |
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Contractors
'sold top soil contaminated with foot-and-mouth virus'
Valerie Elliott: Countryside Editor, The Times |
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A
Christmas Fantasia marred by appalling acoustics. Chapter
House Singers at Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh
James Irvine: Editor, www.land-care.org.uk |
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Thursday 13th December 2007 |
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Go
on, upset your masters. The new chief scientist must not
shy away from speaking unwelcome truths
Magnus Linklater: Editor, Scottish Edition, The Times |
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Saturday 01 December 2007 |
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Not
so much Stalin as Mr Bean: Gordon Brown is made to play
the fool in stage farce
Ann Treneman: Parliamentary Sketch, The Times |
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November 2007
Friday 23rd November 2007 |
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It
seems one can only despair over the UK's Bluetongue vaccination
programme
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Flight
is the only refuge as the big guns turn on Gordon Brown
and Two Jobs Des
Ann Treneman: Parliamentary Sketch, The Times |
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Sorry
story tests Gordon Brown to the limit
Ann Treneman: Parliamentary Sketch, The Times |
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Thursday 22 November 2007 |
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Another
Scottish Labour nasty ASBO at "politician of the year"
bash at Prestonfield House Hotel
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Wednesday 21st November 2007 |
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Ouch.
The Chancellor is caught between a crock and hard place
Ann Treneman: Parliamentary Sketch, The TImes |
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Friday 16th November 2007 |
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Only
cover-up was of the famous cleavage in Westminster
Ann Treneman: Parliametnary Sketch, The Times |
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Wednesday 7th November 2007 |
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Map
showing proposals for Zones for Intra-Community Livestock
Trade - New Commission decision for 6th November 2007 |
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Saturday 3rd November 2007 |
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Control
of Bluetongue in livestock: the lack of planning and delay
in decision making is alarming
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Friday 2nd November 2007 |
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Bluetongue
serotype 8 vaccination policy for England and Wales
Ruth Watkins: Hill Sheep Farmer, Wales: Formerly Consultant
Virologist, St Mary's Hospital, London |
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DEFRA
press release concerning tendering for Bluetongue v8 vaccine
makes incredulous reading
James Irvine: Teviot Scientfic, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie,
Perthshire |
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Thursday 1st November 2007 |
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Vaccination
against Bluetongue serotype 8: a proposal for discussion
Dr Ruth Watkins: Hill Sheep Farmer, Wales. Formerly
Consultant Virologist, St Mary's Hospital, London |
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October 2007
September 2007
Sunday 30th September 2007 |
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"Eat
less meat" advocates Professor Northcott in The TIMES:
"for the sake of the renewal of a local ecological
sustainable economy".
Why so?
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Wednesday 26th September 2007 |
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Avian
Influenza: an assessment of the threat to Scotland. Royal
Society of Edinburgh publishes a flawed report
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific,
Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie, Perthshire |
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Monday 24th September 2007 |
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"A
control zone will not be put in place after just one animal
is found to have BT8: we have to wait to see if other animals
are infected." Defra
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Sunday 23rd September 2007 |
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How
BT8 may have got into the UK. The stupidity of it beggars
belief
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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The
first case ever of Bluetongue in the UK
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Saturday 15th September 2007 |
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Comrie
Community Trust celebrates its buy-out of Cultybraggan Camp,
but admits it does not know what to do with it
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie,
Perthshire |
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Friday 14th September 2007 |
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Cancellation
of this year's Kelso Ram Sales is a massive blow to sheep
farmers, both north and south of the border
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie,
Perthshire |
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Thursday 13th September 2007 |
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So
it is the same FMD virus as in August, and Scotland for
the moment is in the clear
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie,
Perthshire |
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Wednesday 12th September 2007 |
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Foot
and Mouth, here we go again: will they never learn. Vigilance
and slaughter are not enough, especially when DEFRA's vigilance
is lax
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie,
Perthshire |
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Concern
over Comrie Development Trust Community Buy Out continues
Editorial |
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Thursday 6th September 2007 |
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Could
anyone, other than a Community, buy an excellent nine hole
course for £31,100?
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie,
Perthshire |
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Wednesday 5th September 2007 |
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So,
Comrie Development Trust Ltd is set to take possession of
Cultybraggan Army Camp in a couple of days
James Irvine: Ordinary Member of CDT, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Sunday 2nd September 2007 |
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All
right, eagles shouldn’t be poisoned. But . .
Magnus Linklater: Editor, Scottish Edition of The Times. |
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August 2007
Thursday 23rd August 2007 |
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Comrie
Development Trust had a shaky AGM, but nevertheless voted
to buy Cultybraggan Army Camp through Land Reform legislation
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie,
Perthshire |
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Monday 20th August 2007 |
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Slow
and steady wins many races ... but not them all
Magnus Linklater: Editor, Scottish Edition of The Times |
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Saturday 18th August 2007 |
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Comments
on the Comrie Bulletin: "the case for purchase".
But the case is not made.
James Irvine: Comrie Resident |
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To
all nominated members of the Comrie Development Trust Board
looking to be returned on Monday 20th August
Dee Cooper: Comrie Resident |
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Friday 17th August 2007 |
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Concern
over the management by the Board of Comrie Development Trust
regarding the Community Right to Buy Cultybraggan Army Camp
Kirsty McIntosh: Former Comrie Community Councillor and
Interim Member of Comrie Development Trust |
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Cultybraggan
Camp: comments to Comrie Development Trust Secretary, 14th
August 07
Hugh Rose. Comrie Resident
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Comments
on the CDT open meeting, 13th August, on Community Right
to Buy Cultybraggan Army Camp: an email to the Editor
Ian Thomas: Culloch School House, Blairinroar, Comrie, Perthshire |
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Thursday 16th August 2007 |
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Comrie
Community Right to Buy: yet again the Press Release from
the CDT Secretary does not truly reflect what happened at
a key open meeting
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie,
Perthshire |
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Tuesday 14th August 2007 |
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So
where is the business plan for Community Right to Buy Cultybraggan
Camp?
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie,
Perthshire |
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Friday 10th August 2007 |
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FMD
is clinically suspected outside the existing 10km Surveillance
Zone: it speaks volumes of how inept the Government's control
strategy is
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Culytbraggan Farm, Comrie,
Perthshire |
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Wednesady 8th August 2007 |
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Petty
bureaucracy prevents the safe burial of a dead sheep
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie,
Perthshire |
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Is
the FMD situation in Surrey descending into farce?
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie,
Perthshire |
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Dismay
at the statements made by the President of NFU on BBC TV
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie,
Perthshire |
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Tuesday 7th August 2007 |
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Where,
oh where, are the rapid diagnostic tests for live FMD viurs
in livestock on farm?
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie,
Perthshire |
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Monday 6th August 2007 |
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Sir
Brian Follett repeats fallacies of FMD2001
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie,
Perthshire |
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Spare
our land such insanity again
Magnus Linklater: Editor, Scottish Edition of The TImes |
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Is
Professor Brian Spratt the right person to head the inquiry
into the alleged biosecurity leak at Pirbright?
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie,
Perthshire |
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Monday 6th August 2007 |
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Beware
the jobsworth with a target, my son. Why do quangos pay
bonuses for simply doing a job properly?
Magnus Linklater: Editor, Scottish Edition of The Times |
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Sunday 5th August 2007 |
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It
is what Debby Reynolds didn't say that could be so very
important
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie,
Perthshire |
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Saturday 4th August 2007 |
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Is
UK FMD2007 an own goal?
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie,
Perthshire |
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Emerging
worries over UK FMD2007
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm Comrie,
Perthshire |
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Another
outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease confirmed in the UK:
is it going to be handled better than in 2001?
James Irvine: Teviot
Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie, Perthshire
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July 2007
Saturday 28th July 2007 |
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Landward
(BBC Scotland TV) highlights the absurdity of Scotland's
Agricultural Wages Board for young would-be entrants to
farming
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Thursday 19th July 2007 |
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A
brilliantly Swiss scheme to ignore global warming
Magnus Linklater: Editor. The Times (Scottish Edition) |
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Wednesday 18th July 2007 |
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Sir
Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer for England and
the UK's Chief Medical Advisor, should be summarily sacked
Dr James Irvine: Formerly Consultant Physician, Royal
Infirmary, Edinburgh |
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Monday 16th July 2007 |
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The
Ramblers and Perth & Kinross Council face legal costs
of £200,000 after failing in their case to get public
access to grounds surrounding Kinfauns Castle, Perthshire
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Sunday 15th July 2007 |
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Full
marks to Alex Salmond for supporting Scottish fishing
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Tuesday 10th July 2007 |
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Poor
grass crop, summer 2007
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Friday 6th July 2007 |
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NBA
appoints successor to its retiring chief executive
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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June 2007
Friday 22nd June 2007 |
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How
the members of the Independent Scientific Group on Cattle
TB were appointed
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Wednesday 20th June 2007 |
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The
"Independent Scientific Group" advises against
badger cull as part of plan to control TB in cattle. A
sad day for science, and for animal health that it is
supposed to protect
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Sunday 17th June 2007 |
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Women
won't like this, but Sugar was right and fair. Why not
ask a job applicant about her childcare plans?
Magnus Linklater: Columnist The Times and Editor of
the Scottish Edition |
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Saturday 16th June 2007 |
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Inappropriate
response by The Scottish Farmer regarding the attempt
by NBA to resolve the dispute with splinter group SBCA
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Thursday 14th June 2007 |
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Landward,
a second excellent TV programme: Friday 8th June, 7.00pm,
BBC2 Scotland
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Wednesday 13th June 2007 |
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NBA's
management vindicated by its 2006 accounts: the need for
unity at this time of adversity
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Friday 8th June 2007 |
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Ugly,
complicated, forgettable: it'll be a great success. Magnus
Linklater on that logo.
Magnus Linklater: Columnist, The Times and Editor
of the Scottish Edition. |
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Sunday 3rd June 2007 |
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Nick
Nairn hosts new Landward programme on Scottish BBC TV
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire. |
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May 2007
April 2007
March 2007
Sunday 25th March 2007 |
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The
Scottish Wages Board shambles continues:
and Labour say they want to keep it.
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Friday 23rd March 2007 |
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Gordon
Brown's budget is a kick in the teeth for the rural community
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Sunday 18th March 2007 |
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The
head of NERC responds in the climate change debate with
more emotion than logic.
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Thursday 15th March 2007 |
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Global
warming is due to the sun: not industrial CO2
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Friday 2nd March 2007 |
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Eight
years of Ross Finnie as Scottish Minister for Environment
and Rural Affairs: what did he have to say for himself
at NFUS agm, Dunblane, February 2007?
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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February 2007
Monday 26th February 2007 |
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The
Albon Report triggers major questions over SNH's deer
culling policy: a serious lack of trust in SNH comes to
the fore
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Wednesday 21st February 2007 |
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Scotland's
new Chief Scientific Adviser delivers an open lecture
at the Royal Society of Edinburgh. How does she shape
up?
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Tuesday 13th February 2007 |
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How
dare an H5N1 avian flu virus disobey an EC directive,
while the UK government won't
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Monday 12th February 2007 |
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DEFRA
statements on the role of vaccination in the control of
virulent livestock viruses could make better informed
people weep.
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie Perthshire |
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Sunday 4th February 2007 |
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Why
the Glencoe massacre holds a timely lesson for Blair
Magnus Linklater: Columnist, Scotland on Sunday |
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Friday 2nd February 2007 |
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The
future of tenant farming in Scotland
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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January 2007
December 2006
Tuesday 26th December 2006 |
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A
semi-white Christmas at Cultybraggan Farm: frost rather
than snow in 2006
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Wednesday 20th December 2006 |
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Flood
prevention measures at Comrie
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Sunday 17th December 2006 |
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Twisted
logic of rural post office closures is an affront to community
Magnus Linklater: Columnist, Scotland on Sunday |
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Wednesday 13th December 2006 |
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Is
academic research as independent as it should be?
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Edinburgh |
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Monday 4th December 2006 |
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SAC
Outlook Conference 2006: "Making positive choices"
14th Nov 06
Part 3: "Opportunities for cereals and bioenergy"
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific at Edinburgh &
at Cultybraggan Farm, Perthshire
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Saturday 2nd December 2006 |
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SAC
Outlook Conference 2006: "Making positive choices"
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Part 2: "Opportunities for livestock businesses"
Sandy Ramsey, Group Manager, SAC Select Services.
Reviewed from the perspective of a Scottish upland suckler
herd farmer by
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire
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November 2006
Friday 24th November 2006 |
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SAC
Outlook Conference 2006: "Making positive choices".
14th November, Murrayfield, Edinburgh.
Part 1: Keynote address - Peter Russell, Head of Rural
Group, SEERAD
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Monday 20th November 2006 |
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Tb
in cattle and badgers. Review of SCAWS workshop. Part
1: Introduction
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific at Cultybraggan Farm
& at Edinburgh |
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Sunday 12th November 2006 |
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Biofuels
workshop: Grangemouth 9th November 2006
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific at Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Monday 6th November 2006 |
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We
must get to know the faceless ones who decide our future
Magnus Linklater: Columnist, Scotland on Sunday |
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Sunday 5th November 2006 |
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The
introduction of sea eagles to the coasts of Scotland
Kirsty MacLeod: Ardlarach, Letterfinlay, Spean Bridge,
Inverness-shire |
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Friday 3rd November 2006 |
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Closure
of local garage indicative of a more widespread decline
in rural facilities
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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October 2006
September 2006
August 2006
Thursday 31st August 2006 |
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Harvest
at Cultybraggan finished by 30th August - a record
James Irvine: Teivot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Friday 25th August 2006 |
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Harvest
in the Southern Uplands of Scotland: if you want the landscape
and local food you will have to support it in a sensible
way.
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Saturday 19th August 2006 |
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The
barley harvest so far at Cultybraggan - and what it might
mean for the future
James Irvine: Farmer, Cultybraggan, Comrie, Perthshire |
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Sunday 13th August 2006 |
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Nuclear
waste: you know you want it
Magnus Linklater: Columnist, The Times |
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Saturday 12th August 2006 |
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UK
security on critical and Middle East war worsens. The
Prime Minister is on holiday, the Deputy Prime Minister
is John Prescott and the Foreign Secretary is Margaret
Beckett who is caravanning in France.
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific Publications, Edinburgh
& Perthshire |
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Thursday 3rd August 2006 |
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The
Tommy Sheridan case reflects badly on all sides - whatever
the outcome
Editorial |
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July 2006
Monday 31st July 2006 |
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A
major relief if Brown would give art a break
Magnus Linklater: Columnist, Scotland on Sunday |
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Sunday 30th July 2006 |
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Food
security and the start of World War 3.
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland |
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Tuesday 25th July 2006 |
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Architect's
heart of glass
Magnus Linklater: Columnist, Scotland on Sunday |
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Wednesday 19th July 2006 |
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Basic
mistakes in the control of FMD UK2001 that must not be
repeated
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Edinburgh & Perthshire,
Scotland |
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Wednesday 12th July 2006 |
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My
visit to the Royal Highland Show 2006
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Thursday 6th July 2006 |
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Loch
Leven cormorants must not be shot, says Scottish Executive.
For why? Letter to Editor
Shaun Quinn: R. Hill & Co, www.powhillonfarm.co.uk |
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June 2006
Friday 30th June 2006 |
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Linklater's
Scotland: BSE and the great scare of nvCJD
Magnus Linklater: Columnist, Scotland on Sunday |
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Tuesday 27th June 2006 |
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SNH
statements concerning Loch Leven discussed. Is SNH a good
land manager? Can SNH be trusted with our heritage?
James Irvine: Editor, www.land-care.org.uk, Teviot
Scientific, Edinburgh & Perthshire |
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Tuesday 20th June 2006 |
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Linklater's
Scotland: Cooking school meals
Magnus Linklater: Columnist, Scotland on Sunday |
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Releasing
rural prosperity - 3
Paper given at SCA annual conference
"Who should run the countryside? Rural Scotland 2006"
Alistair Rutherford: Country Sports Tourism Group |
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Monday 12th June 2006 |
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Cormorants
and the decline of trout fishing on Loch Leven: SNH responds
to Land-Care's questions
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Friday 9th June 2006 |
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Opportunities
for the Scottish Beef Council: but let's stop the squabbling
Edwin Gillanders: Editor, Farm North East |
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Wednesday 7th June 2006 |
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Linklater's
Scotland: Links between Norway and Scotland
Magnus Linklater: Columnist, Scotland on Sunday |
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Tuesday 6th June 2006 |
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Profligate
waste of public money on relocation of SNH
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Monday 5th June 2006 |
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Protected
cormorants blamed for the demise of trout fishing on Loch
Leven, under the management of SNH
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Sunday 4th June 2006 |
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Concluding
remarks
Paper presented at the 4th annual SCA conference
"Who should run the countryside? Rural Scotland 2006"
Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh 25th April
2006
Tony Andrews: Chief Executive, Scottish Countryside
Alliance |
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Saturday 3rd June 2006 |
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Rural
housing
Paper presented at 4th annual SCA conference
"Who should run the countryside? Rural Scotland 2006"
Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh 25th April
2006
Andrew Bradford: Kincardine
Estate |
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Thursday 1st June 2006 |
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Tombuie
Smokehouse
Paper presented at 4th annual SCA conference
"Who should run the countryside? Rural Scotland 2006"
Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh 25th April
2006
Sally Crystal: Tombuie Smokehouse, Aberfeldy, Perthshire |
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May 2006
Wednesday 31st May 2006 |
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Biodiesel
Paper presented at 4th SCA annual conference
" Who should run the countryside? Rural Scotland
2006"
Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh 25th April
2006
Jay Crawford: Dowhill Farm Shop & Restaurant,
Turnberry |
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Monday 29th May 2006 |
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Releasing
rural prosperity - 2
Paper presented at 4th annual SCA conference
"Who should run the countryside? Rural Scotland 2006"
Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh 25th April
2006
Colin Williamson: Chief Executive for Dumfries &
Galloway, Scottish Enterprise
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Sunday 28th May 2006 |
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Releasing
rural prosperity - 1.
Paper presented at the 4th annual SCA conference
"Who should run the countryside? Rural Scotland 2006"
Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh 25th April
2006
James Withers: Deputy Chief Executive, NFU Scotland |
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Saturday 27th May 2006 |
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Update
on Marine Parks: A view from a member of Action Against
Marine Parks
Kirsty Macleod: Ardlarach, Letterfinlay, Spean Bridge,
Inverness-shire |
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Thursday 25th May 2006 |
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Iain
Mathers elected as interim chairman of the Scottish Beef
Council: the old lot sacked
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Tuesday 23rd May 2006 |
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Power-seeking
rebels in the executive of the Scottish region of the
NBA prepare to break away from the UK body
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm,
Comrie, Perthshire |
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Saturday 20th May 2006 |
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Land
management - a mix of stewardship. The Crown Estate
Paper presented at the 4th SCA annual conference
"Who should run the countryside? Rural Scotland 2006"
Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh 25th April
2006
Chris Bourchier: Director of the Rural Estate, The
Crown Estate |
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Thursday 18th May 2006 |
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Land
management - a mix of stewardship. Assynt community buyout.
Paper presented at 4th SCA annual conference
"Who should run the countryside? Rural Scotland 2006".
Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh 25th Aprilo
2006
Alastair Macaskill: Chairman, Assynt Foundation | |
