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January 10, 2008
JANUARY 10, 2008: An expert from tag specialists, Ritchey has announced that Defra has issued further clarification relating to the new rules on sheep double-tagging, due to come into force on January 11.
January 10, 2008
JANUARY 2008: The British Horse Society (BHS) has condemned a Buckinghamshire horse establishment where more than 30 horses have been found dead.
December 14, 2007
DECEMBER 2007: A major agricultural machinery show is set to take place near Newark in Nottinghamshire on January 16 and 17.
December 7, 2007
DECEMBER 2007: Defra has been accused of trying to blame wild birds rather than poor biosecurity for the bird flu outbreak in Suffolk.
November 21, 2007
NOVEMBER 2007: A new law to make farmers take a test if they drive animals more than 40 miles has been described as 'bureaucracy gone mad' by a union leader.
November 16, 2007
November 2007: A team of British farmers has been on a bluetongue fact-finding trip to France.
November 16, 2007
November 2007: Defrahas made available general licences to address immediate issuesrelating to the movement of bird by-products and mammals in the zonesin place for Avian Influenza following the H5N1 outbreak at a Suffolk farm.
November 13, 2007
Vaccination to control bovine tuberculosis could be a step closer with the development of a test which can distinguish between vaccinated and infected animals.
November 9, 2007
November 2007: Alan Beat looks at the wider implications of avian flu, and promotes a different way forward
November 5, 2007
Special report on the Defra approach to Bluetongue. Leading smallholder and CS columnist Alan Beat, who has made a study of the diseases, gives his views on DEFRA's approach.
November 5, 2007
SPECIAL REPORT: Foot and Mouth Disease. Country Smallholding looks at the effects of FMD, how the disease is spread and control measures advised by DEFRA.
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