Action 6
"The Executive will review with the industry the
information it collects and publishes so that, in future,
it gives farmers more help to improve their
competitiveness."
Progress
There are clear overlaps with
Action
1 and
Action
3 (reviewing costs; benchmarking) but separate informal
discussions with a variety of stakeholders have identified
several minor changes to data collection and dissemination.
Such discussions are now formalised through the Scottish
Statistics User/Provider Consultation Network
(Scotstat).
Some changes have already been implemented, for example
the presentation of income figures in the annual Farm
Incomes in Scotland (FIS) publication. Greater use of
web-based dissemination is being considered for the
Agricultural Census and the Farm Accounts Survey.
Separately, a specific workstream is exploring the matching
of abattoir data on carcass grade and weight with British
Cattle Movement Service (BCMS) data on breed and movement
history, with the aim of improving understanding of routes
to quality in the beef supply chain.
Links
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/scotstats.asp
Primary Action point complete although work is
ongoing.
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