Current status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 16 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to farmers with fallen stock and what plans it has to review this.
The Scottish Government does not provide direct support to farmers to help with their fallen stock. Unfortunately dealing with fallen stock is a consequence of keeping livestock, and the disposal costs are therefore one part of the production costs for livestock businesses.
However, in the past, Scottish Government have taken a number of measures to assist farmers with mitigating the costs of collection and disposal and we continue to work with them to keep the situation under review.