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		Campbell Dallas - Agri Panel Evening Agri Panel Evening Monday 18 January 2010 Dewars Centre, Perth Starts: 7:30pm Panel Members are: • Jim McLaren, President of the NFU • Peter Cook, Agricultural Consultant • David Leggat, United Auctions • Robin Niven, local farmer • Adam Lawson, National Chairman SAYFC

		BEER & BURGER NIGHT - 26/02/09 J & S Montgomery are kindly hosting a "beer n burger" night for YF Agri Affairs. The evening will include talks from George Livingstone of John Deere, Hugh McClymont, Farm Manager of SAC, Crichton Royal Farm, Dumfries.

		AGRI AFFAIRS STUDY TOUR - CHINA Following the huge success of our Study Tour to Brazil in December 2007 we are planning to take a group of YF members to China. Agriculture is the most important economic sector of China, employing over 300 million farmers.

		CEJA SEMINAR - September 2008 Lizzy Baxter and Sally Wilson recently attended a CEJA seminar in Annecy, France. This seminar was to coincide with an informal meeting of all of the EU’s agricultural ministers also in Annecy which was called by the French to set the ball rolling on discussions surrounding the CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) during the French presidency of the EU.

		VISIT - Scottish Parliament On Wednesday 8th October 11 intrepid young farmers headed to the Scottish Parliament for a tour and a question session with Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Environment, Richard Lochhead.



	Sally takes over as Agri & Rural Affairs Chairman Sally Wilson (Ettrick & Lauderdale) has taken over the role as Agri & Rural Affairs Chairman. Elected to the post at the SAYFC Council meeting in May, Sally made the following statement. "I’m beginning to suspect there is something of the political activist running in dairy farmers blood, with myself being the third consecutive Agri-Affairs Chair from such a background! In my time as Chair I hope to continue the drive towards our future goals through our strengthened ties with the likes of the NFUS and our increased profile and potential influence with our own Scottish Government. Filling the boots of my predecessors is an unenviable task but one which I will strive to achieve! I also hope to continue the study tours which in recent years have seen Agri-Affairs in America, London and more recently Brazil. With the EU influencing domestic policy more and more it is likely that at least one of the trips will be concerned with EU policy specifically but if there are any other areas the members wish to investigate then please get in touch. Agri-Affairs is for anyone and everyone, with meetings held throughout the Regions there are plenty of opportunities to come along and get your views heard. If there are any pressing issues that you feel Agri-Affairs should be airing please get in touch with myself or Penny and we’ll do our best to take it forward". To contact Sally simply email agri-affairs@sayfc.org


		BRAZIL TOUR 2007 The Agri Affairs group took a group of 16 YF members to Brazil in December.

		TENANT FARMING - 2007 AND BEYOND Various The future of tenant farming in Scotland comes under the spotlight in a series of roadshows over the next few weeks jointly organised by the Scottish Tenant Farmers Association (STFA) and NFU Scotland, in conjunction with the Scottish Association of Young Farmers, the Scottish Estates Business Group and the Scottish Rural Property Business Association.

		DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF BUSINESS LEADERS New project to improve future for family-run rural businesses For richer, for poorer what will your legacy be? That is the question that a new project ‘developing the next generation of business leaders’ poses to Scotland’s family-run rural businesses.

		Rural Development Programme for Scotland 2007-2013 The Scottish Executive consultation on Rural Development Programme