Quality Meat Scotland is launching a major project aimed at improving efficiency in the Scottish beef and sheep farming sector.
As part of the £600,000 initiative, 22 Business Improvement Groups will be set up catering for 350 livestock farmers.
The groups which will run for three years will provide a forum in which members can exchange information and advice about running their businesses and collaborate. Members will also be given help with benchmarking and financial baseline monitoring.
QMS anticipated that while group members would have a wide range of skills and experience in running their businesses, only a minority would have any formal business qualification, said QMS technical projects manager, Peter Beattie. "What the Business Improvement Groups will do is give a rare opportunity to look at how a farm functions as a business."
As part of the £600,000 initiative, 22 Business Improvement Groups will be set up catering for 350 livestock farmers.
The groups which will run for three years will provide a forum in which members can exchange information and advice about running their businesses and collaborate. Members will also be given help with benchmarking and financial baseline monitoring.
QMS anticipated that while group members would have a wide range of skills and experience in running their businesses, only a minority would have any formal business qualification, said QMS technical projects manager, Peter Beattie. "What the Business Improvement Groups will do is give a rare opportunity to look at how a farm functions as a business."
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