Feed, Medicine and Machinery for Scottish Livestock Farms
Four country stores with SQPs on the counter, an engineering department that installs and services your milking system, and hundreds of farm and rural products you can order tonight. Family-run from Stirling since 1957.
- 4 country stores — Ayr, Kinross, Lanark & Stirling
- 8 field reps, every one a qualified SQP
- 24/7 engineers on call, the whole of Scotland
- 1957 Rettie family ownership, three generations
A Scottish First, on Our Stand
The Hanskamp FeedStation Mobile — individual concentrate feeding out at grass — makes its Scottish debut with McCaskie on Wednesday 18 November at the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston.
Looking for something we have not listed, or not sure which product you need? Speak to an SQP at your store — that is what they are qualified for.
What Do You Need Today?
Four ways in. Pick the one that matches why you are here.
Something Has Stopped Working
Robot down, cooling off, scraper jammed. Our own engineers are on call 24/7 across the whole of Scotland.
Engineering & call-outMy Stock Needs Treating
Wormers, fluke, vaccines, minerals and trace elements. There are qualified SQPs in every store who can advise and supply.
Animal healthI Need to Order Something
Hundreds of farm and rural products online, from animal health to workwear. Order any time of the day or night.
Shop onlineI Want to Talk to Someone
Your local store, your field sales rep, or the engineering team at Springkerse. No forms, no queue.
Who to talk toOctober: Tups Out, Fluke Tests, Cattle In and Air in the Shed
The four jobs we are being asked about at the counter right now, and what we have for each. Updated at the start of every month.
The Tups Go Out
Teeth, toes, testicles and tone checked before he goes in with the ewes, the harness on a few days early, and crayons graded for the weather — a hard crayon will not mark in a mild October.
On the shelf
Downland Essential SheepCobalt, iodine and selenium for the ewes, given at a gather before tupping.
Opti-Mol Sheep Natural EnergyEnergy bucket for breeding ewes from tupping to lambing, and for the tups.
Fluke: Test Before You Treat
Bring a fresh dung sample to Ayr and we test it for fluke in store, so the drench only goes to the groups that need it.
In store
Fluke and worm egg countsFluke tests at Ayr. Worm egg counts at Ayr and Kinross.
Housing the Cattle
Fluke, worms and lice are usually sorted as the cattle come in. Which product, and how soon after housing, depends on the active — worth a word with our SQPs before the gather, not at the crush.
On the shelf
Downland Triclacert 10%Triclabendazole fluke drench for cattle.
Fasinex 240The other triclabendazole cattle drench we stock. Which suits is for our SQPs.
The Fourth Job Is Air
Pneumonia in housed cattle is usually an air problem before it is a bug problem. What a shed needs depends on the shed, so our engineers come out and look at it first.
Fitted by our engineers
Elta hanging fansBelt-driven, in five sizes — the Hydor range, renamed. Watch them go in at Gartclush.
The products here are on the shelf at Ayr, Kinross, Lanark & Stirling, with qualified SQPs in every store to talk them through. Find yours just below.
Four Country Stores, and Someone in Each Who Knows the Answer
Phone ahead and we will put it by, or come in and talk it through. Every store has qualified SQPs on the counter.
Stirling
4 Munro Road, Springkerse Industrial Estate, Stirling FK7 7UU
Mon–Fri 8am–5pm
Sat 9am–1pm
Opening times as usual; public holidays can differ, so phone ahead if you are travelling.
Phone Ahead and We Will Put It By
Ring your store and we will set it aside for you to collect. Worth doing if you are travelling a distance or you need it on a particular day — it saves arriving to find the last one went out an hour ago. Or order online at mccaskie.store and we will send it out.
We Do Not Just Sell the Machine. We Fit It and We Fix It.
Most agricultural merchants stop at the invoice. McCaskie Engineering designs, installs, commissions and services farm systems from our base at Springkerse in Stirling.
Robotic Milking
The Fullwood Merlin 2+, from the leading Fullwood dealer in Scotland: more than ten years with Fullwood and more than 90 Merlin robots installed. We still service the Merlin 2.
Robotic milking
Cooling & Storage
Liscarroll tanks and silos, sized to the herd, installed and serviced by our own engineers.
Milk cooling
Slurry Robots
JOZ Barn-E and JOZ-Tech. A clean floor is a lameness decision, not a tidiness one.
Slurry robots
Ventilation & Weather
Elta fans and Galebreaker screens, fitted to suit the shed. The cheapest pneumonia treatment is air.
Weather protection
“Robots don’t save you time, but they do allow you to manage your time better.”Alan Smith, Barneighthill Farm, Mauchline
Four Scottish farms, four families, in their own words: Parkend, Gartclush, Grougfoot and Barneighthill.
Questions We Are Asked Most
Where can I buy Downland Dairy Hypochlorite?
At all four McCaskie country stores: Ayr, Kinross, Lanark and Stirling. It is the product we are asked for most at the counter — by dairy farmers, and by plenty of people looking for a drive, slab or path cleaner. Read the label for how to use it on the job you have in mind, never mix it with acid cleaners, and keep it out of drains and watercourses. Phone ahead and we will put it by for you.
Where are McCaskie’s country stores?
Four of them: Ayr (Livestock Auction Market, Whitefordhill, KA6 5JW), Kinross (Orwell Farm, KY13 9HB), Lanark (Unit 8 East Faulds Road, ML11 7SR) and Stirling (4 Munro Road, Springkerse Industrial Estate, FK7 7UU).
When are the stores open?
Ayr and Stirling are open Monday to Friday 8am–5pm, Kinross and Lanark 8.30am–4.30pm, and all four 9am–1pm on Saturday.
Can I buy wormers and other animal medicines from McCaskie?
Yes. Every store has qualified SQPs who can advise on and supply POM-VPS and NFA-VPS medicines, such as wormers and flukicides, and help you choose the right one for your stock.
Who services my milking robot or parlour?
McCaskie Engineering, from Springkerse in Stirling: eight engineers, on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for the machinery we install. Ring 01786 474 481.
Can I order online?
Yes. Hundreds of farm and rural products are at www.mccaskie.store, delivered to your door.
Advice for the Job in Front of You
Written in house and checked by an SQP before it goes out — not bought in from an agency.
Pre-Tupping, Fluke and Wormers: The October Newsletter
Essential Sheep for the ewes, energy buckets from tupping to lambing, faecal testing in store, and the cattle wormers and flukicides for housing.
Read it
Pre-Tupping Trace Elements: The Job That Shows Up at Scanning
Cobalt, selenium and iodine in the six weeks before the tups go out, and what a shortfall costs you at scanning.
Read it
The Silage You Made in May Decides How Many Cows Go Down in November
Why dry cow minerals have to be matched to the forage analysis, and what happens at calving when they are not.
Read itEight Reps, All Qualified SQPs
They come to the farm and walk the stock with you, and the ordering comes at the end of it, if at all. Ring the one who covers your ground — you do not need to go through the office.
- Stirling & PerthshireHarry Bauld07714 522941
- CentralLynn Wilson07714 522951
- FifeWendy Turnbull07714 769218
- Edinburgh & the BordersRoss Nicol07525 126062
- LanarkshireGary Whyte07714 522940
- AyrshireGavin Barrie07714 522952
- AyrshireFraser MacNicol07714 522956
- South West ScotlandElspeth Gibson07525 126061
Trade accounts. Monthly terms, one statement, and a rep who knows the farm. Already an account customer? Your rep can order anything on the site for you.