| The NSA is a specialist organisation dedicated to safeguarding the interests and future of sheep farmers throughout the UK. Speaking out on your behalf on issues including: • Animal Health & Welfare • Environmental & Rural Issues • EID • Less Favoured Area Support • Improving the Market Place • CAP Reform Members will also benefit from being informed of the latest practical and political information that can help you improve your business. Animal Health & Welfare: Encouraging improved health & welfare in the UK flock to bring better profits. EID: Working on your behalf to oppose excessive regulations and minimise cost and inconvenience. Fallen Stock: Fighting for practical regulations & regulations workable solutions. Environmental & Rural Issues: Making sure Government bodies understand and appreciate the vital importance of sheep to the countryside. Creating & Developing Opportunities in the Marketplace: Working with all the players beyond the farm-gate to improve the terms and conditions under which sheep are traded and marketed for the benefit of all. Responsibility & Cost Sharing: Fighting to ensure that the sheep sector does not carry unfair costs for disease control and seeking to have a bigger say in animal health and welfare Genetics & Breeding: Encouraging the sheep industry to work together to improve the quality of and information about breeding sheep. Costs of Production: Seeking to disseminate information and generate ideas to help sheep farmers reduce their costs of production. |
