Who's going to ask the mart to change their sale day to fit in with @sjewart 's standstill period? Which in turn will mess up someone else's standstill. I think authorised separation facility is the only way go.....
other wise it is try to buy the heifers 2 days earlier or sell the tups 2 days later
Yes, we have a longer standstill period up here. Further back in time it was actually 21 days but that was reduced .
The Ministry vets up here were wanted a standstill of more than a week, and I assume that's why we still have it.
Thank you all. I will give the heifer sale a miss. @wee man thanks for the suggestion and link. We are in the process of converting a shed with the landlord for this very purpose but be next year before its ready.I'm afraid so. Could you put the heifers in a shed where they can't get nose to nose contact with any other stock? If you can it could be worth applying for an authorisation for separation. http://www.gov.scot/Resource/Doc/278281/0092747.pdf
http://www.gov.scot/Topics/farmingr...ses/MovementRestrictions/ApplicationNotesHTML
other wise it is try to buy the heifers 2 days earlier or sell the tups 2 days later
Off-movements don't trigger standstill do they? It's only on-movements that shut you down.OK my standstill period is over on 17th September. I would like to sell a number of breeding tups privately. Can these be sold and collected 1 at a time after the 17th Sept without putting me in standstill? I also want to sell tups at the 7th October Sale.