{"id":627068,"date":"2025-12-11T21:49:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T21:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/627068\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T21:49:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T21:49:17","slug":"no-yolk-best-of-scotlands-poultry-workers-have-a-cracking-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/627068\/","title":{"rendered":"No Yolk! Best of Scotland’s poultry workers have a cracking evening"},"content":{"rendered":"

The best of<\/strong> Scotland’s poultry industry<\/strong><\/a> was on display last week, as the nation\u2019s egg ranchers gathered in Dunblane to celebrate another cracking year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The annual Poultry Club of Scotland Dinner<\/a>, held each year since 1995 (sans pandemic), brought together more than 300 poulterers from across Scotland.<\/p>\n

Billy McArdle, senior production manager at 2Agriculture<\/a> in Ingliston was the latest recipient of the Howie Surgeonor<\/a> Cup, which recognises ‘extraordinary contribution\u2019 to Scotland\u2019s poultry industry.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Alistair McBain, farm operations manager at Duncan Farms near Drymen, received the Young Person Under 35 award.<\/p>\n

Billy McArdle (L) recieves the Howie Surgenor Award. (Image: Supplied)<\/p>\n

Veterinary surgeon Matthew Balfour of St David\u2019s Poultry serves as chairman of the annual dinner, held this year at the Dunblane Hydro Hotel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cEvents<\/a> like this are perfect for strengthening relationships across the sector and provide a rare opportunity to take a well-earned night off from the hard work put in by everyone over the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith continued growth across layers, breeders and broilers, it\u2019s no surprise we see more people attending each year. This year\u2019s dinner was truly deserved by all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sponsor Iain Chapman, of Farmlay Eggs in Aberdeenshire<\/a>, added: \u201cSince I first attended over 20 years ago, the annual event has expanded in popularity, mirroring the growth and optimism within the poultry sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo meet the market\u2019s demand, Farmlay now works alongside 27 producers, producing a total of 7 million eggs per week.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is vital for our business to stay connected with those already in the industry and to support newcomers. The evening offered just this, and was, as ever, thoroughly enjoyable, full of energy and good humour\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is now a major event in our calendar,\u201d Balfour remarked. \u201cThe evening has become a vital event for the industry, ensuring that we not only shine a light on the poultry sector, but also have a chance to reflect on all that has been achieved.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I conclude my chairing year, my heartfelt thanks go to everyone involved.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The best of Scotland’s poultry industry was on display last week, as the nation\u2019s egg ranchers gathered in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":627069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5009],"tags":[194452,748,20672,194453,4884,194454,194455,194451,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-627068","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scotland","8":"tag-billy-mcardle","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-dunblane","11":"tag-dunblane-hydro-hotel","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-matthew-balfour","14":"tag-operations-manager","15":"tag-poultry-industry","16":"tag-scotland","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115703143692204970","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/627069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}