About Farm Stock

Farm Stock (Scotland) Ltd is a farmers’ co-operative owned equally by six regional livestock marketing groups. It was created in 1996 by Scott Country Lamb joining together with Buccleuch Farmers and was then strengthened further by Lothian Lamb joining in 1999. Galloway Lamb and Ayrshire Lamb joined in 2005 and the current structure was completed by Caledonian Organics joining in December 2009.

Each of the six member groups owns one share in Farm Stock (Scotland) Ltd and each group is in turn owned by anything between 100 and 250 individual farmers. The six groups retain their own local identity whilst gaining the economies of scale resulting from co-operation of over 1000 farmers in terms of marketing prime stock on a deadweight basis. The business is run by a Board of thirteen Directors comprising an external Chairman and two directors from each of the six member groups.

With over 1000 participating farmers, Farm Stock, which operates throughout central and southern Scotland, is the largest single co-operative of its type operating in the Scottish livestock industry. Since it began trading, Farm Stock has handled over 1.75 million lambs and 70,000 cattle and it currently supplies a wide variety of abattoirs throughout the UK with the objective of obtaining the best possible returns for its members.

Whilst the immediate objective of Farm Stock is to provide the best possible returns to individual producers by matching their stock with abattoir demand and through economies of scale, the long term vision is to build a strong business that will provide a secure and profitable route to the market for its members for many years to come and to create a force in the marketplace which is recognised throughout the supply chain as a major player within the UK prime stock market.

Farm Stock operates from an office at Lindean Mill near Selkirk and is run by a small team of full time professional staff supported in each group location by experienced fieldsmen who together are capable of providing members with the very best prime stock marketing and logistical service throughout central and southern Scotland.

As a co-operative intent on building a business with the strength and economies of scale to represent the interests of livestock farmers, Farm Stock welcomes new producers at any time. If you are interested in joining Scotland’s largest deadweight marketing co-op and gaining access to the full package of Farm Stock’s benefits and competitive terms click on the Join Farm Stock link.

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