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Did you know?
SLMG was formed from a merger of five previous Shetland agricultural organisations.
Benefits
SLMG is a co-operative body composed of over 300 Shetland farmers and crofters. There are several benefits to joining the Shetland Livestock Marketing Group and we've outlined the main ones below:
- Free Newsletter: 'Tradewinds' keeping you up to date on a quarterly basis with relevant Shetland agricultural news and SLMG progress
- Inclusion on the list of producers eligible to supply fat lambs to the abattoir
- Price enhancement of £0.10p per kg for lambs supplied to the abattoir
- Up to 1% commission rebate for all livestock sold through the marts sales
- Discount on Homekill slaughtering & cutting costs
- Less paperwork: you can join in with QMS Farm assurance under a one-stop-shop membership system
- Be on the mailing list for special courses, prize draws and other events
- Investment in Shetland's Animal Health programme
- Investment into the long-term future of Shetland Agriculture