IAAS Response to Agriculture Route Map Update
IAAS is giving a lukewarm welcome to the eventual release of new conditionality measures as part of the Agricultural Reform Route Map on Tuesday 26th March. Specifically, it was helpful to hear exactly how the Government proposes to add...
Read morePrime and Cull Stock Reminder
IAAS would like to remind all vendors using Scottish auction marts to sell their livestock, that the sale of pregnant animals through the prime and cull rings is not allowed. This is in breach of animal health and welfare...
Read moreIAAS reports strong mart figures for 2023
The latest figures from the Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland (IAAS) show a positive year for livestock markets in Scotland with increased throughput and prices across every class in the 2023 financial year. Totalling a turnover of...
Read moreAdditional mart data to be published on QMS website
Following the changes at the start of the year in the reporting and publishing of auction market livestock prices across Great Britain, the Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland (IAAS) is pleased to announce that it has extended...
Read moreIAAS showcases “revolutionising” EID tagging to Scotland Office
The new President of the Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers (IAAS) met with Under Secretary of State for Scotland, John Lamont MP, at ANM marts at Thainstone to demonstrate how high frequency EID electronic tagging could revolutionise the livestock...
Read moreNew president for Institute of Auctioneers
A new president has been elected to the Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland (IAAS). Alan Hutcheon, who has over 40 years’ experience in the industry as an auctioneer and in livestock market management, assumes the role from...
Read moreLivestock can help keep farms in good heart
With the price of fertiliser rocketing in the past 12 months, our customers are finding that they can significantly reduce their growing costs by using dung produced by their cattle and sheep to improve soil health instead. This natural...
Read moreYoung Scots auctioneers graduate with IAAS fellowships
The Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland (IAAS) is delighted to welcome three new Fellows and three new Associates into its membership. After four years of COVID-interrupted study, young auctioneers Ellis Mutch of Aberdeen and Northern Marts (ANM)...
Read moreConsistency in prices but not so much the ferries
End of Year Review – Donald Young, President After a busy back end of the year, it was interesting, when I was invited to write this piece, to stop and reflect on the year that was. What stands out...
Read moreScottish Auctioneers moving beyond Level 0
The Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland has agreed further changes to its COVID19 guidelines as Scotland moved beyond Level 0 on 9th August 2021. As a number of national restrictions were eased the guidelines issued to Scotland’s...
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