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GALLOWAY’S FINEST Chris Ryman and Helen Ryman, herd manager for Mochrum Estate, near Newton Stewart, with RHASS honorary president, Fiona Armstrong and a brace of Belties that are set to be the stars of next year’s Royal Highland Show promotio JULY FIGURES were published showing that rural crime had significantly decreased in Scotland over the past three months, assisted by Covid-19 restrictions, an uptake in the use of trackers on plant and farm machinery and some timely action by Police. The Police Scotland National Rural Crime Unit reported a 39% reduction in rural thefts this April, May and June, compared to the same quarter last year. Also, for the first quarter of 2020, there was a 114% increase in the amount of farm and plant machinery recovered – with 130 vehicles worth more than £400,000 returned to owners. During the summer of 2019 there was a huge drive by the Scottish Partnership Against Rural Crime to meet rural dwellers at agricultural shows and community e