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Written Question · S1W-06304 · Session 1

To provide details of the number and location of marketing co-operatives which have been established as a consequence of Scottish Agricultu…

Answered Asked by Adam Ingram SNP Lodged 25 Apr 2000

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive to provide details of the number and location of marketing co-operatives which have been established as a consequence of Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society activity.

The answer

Answered by Ross Finnie on 9 May 2000 · 14 days after it was lodged, on time

There are currently 101 marketing co-operatives registered as members of Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society (SAOS). It is probably true to say that the existing marketing co-operatives are there as a consequence of SAOS activity. The name and location of these members have been provided to the Executive by SAOS and are set out below. SAOS was established in 1905 there have been many co-operatives which have come and gone. In the mid-1960s, for example, over 200 marketing co-operatives existed. It has been a key objective of SAOS in the period since then to rationalise the number of marketing co-operatives.Name | Location
Aberdeen and Moray Growers Ltd | Inverurie
Aberdeen and Moray Marketing | Inverurie
Aberdeen Angus Producers (Scotland) Ltd | Northampton
Aberdeen Grain Marketing Ltd | Aberdeen
Aberdeen Grain Services Ltd | Aberdeen
Aberdeen Grain Storage Ltd | Aberdeen
Aberdeen Seed Potato Organisation Ltd | Aberdeen
Aberdeen Seed Potato Organisation (Marketing) Ltd | Aberdeen
Aberdeen Seed Potato Organisation (Services) Ltd | Aberdeen
ANM Group Ltd | Inverurie
Association of Scottish Hardwood Sawmillers Ltd | Crieff
Ayrshire Country Lamb Ltd | Girvan
Borders and Lothians Growers Ltd | Eyemouth
Border Grain Ltd | Greenlaw
Borders Machinery Ring Ltd | Melrose
Borders Premium Potatoes Ltd | Jedburgh
Borders Premium Potatoes Marketing Ltd | Jedburgh
Buccleuch Farmers Ltd | Galashiels
Caithness Livestock Breeders Ltd | Thurso
Caithness Machinery Ring Ltd | Wick
Caledonian Marts (Stirling) Ltd |

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-06304 by reference.