Meaty Facts for the Scottish Referendum

GREAT BRITISH MEAT CO. www.greatbritishmeat.com presents Meaty Facts to consider for the Scottish referendum.... because the steaks are high! 75% 65,000 people are directly employed in farming, 1 in 10 Scottish jobs are dependent on agriculture of land in Scotland is used for farming and agriculture What's your Beef with politicians? Beef production is worth over There are over 500,000 breeding beef cows and heifers in Scotland million a year to the £600 Scotish economy which accounts for 30% of UK breeding cattle. Ewe really need to know this There are some 2./ million lambs in Scotland producing meat worth million per year Hog-man-Yay or Hog-man-Nay which is 10% of the UK Scotland produces 58,000 tonnes of pork per year worth 63 million pig stock Sources www.sepa.org.uk/land/agriculture/beef.aspx www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2013/06/5219/6 http://www.nfus.org.uk/farming-facts/what-we-produce www.greatbritishmeat.com