March 29, 2008
Bluetongue vaccine ‘set for approval’
MARCH 29, 2008: The first vaccine able to protect livestock from the BTV8 strain of thebluetongue virus is close to receiving official approval.
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March 28, 2008
Bird flu restrictions lifted
MARCH 28, 2008: Defra has announced that restrictions put in place following the H5N1 avian flu outbreak in wildbirds in Dorset earlier this year have been lifted.
March 27, 2008
Bird numbers in decline
MARCH 27, 2008: Garden bird numbers are at their lowest levels in five years, althoughthe number of finches visiting UK gardens is the highest for fiveyears, according to the 2008 Big Garden Birdwatch, carried out…
March 26, 2008
Scientist’s warning on biofuels
MARCH 26, 2008: The chief scientific adviser at Defra says it would be ‘insane’to push for more use of biofuels until more is knownabout their impact on climate change.
March 25, 2008
Help for farmers to go organic
MARCH 25, 2008: Defra has launched a free advice service for farmers thinking of going organic.
March 24, 2008
New horizons on biodiversity
MARCH 24, 2008: There will be a host of new threats and opportunities for UK biodiversity as technologies develop, according to a group of 35 environmental scientists.
March 23, 2008
Concern at shortage of farm vets
MARCH 23, 2008: An increasing shortage of farm vets means Britain would struggle to cope with a future foot-and-mouth outbreak.
March 22, 2008
Lots to see at show
MARCH 22, 2008: Smallholders will have lots to interest them at The Three Counties Show in Worcestershire in June.
March 21, 2008
Join a bluebell walk
MARCH 21, 2008: The Ramblers' Association is organising a series of special spring and summer walks through woodland andcountryside across the UK as part of conservationefforts for the native British bluebell.
March 20, 2008
Animal diseases: a lack of leadership
MARCH 20, 2008: Mary Marshall, an expert on animal diseases who represents Smallholders Forum on stakeholder groups consulted by Defra, looks at the issues behind the controversy over ‘biosecurity’
March 20, 2008
That NFU claim: how smallholders reacted
MARCH 20, 2008: An extraordinary attack on smallholders by NFU president Peter Kendall provoked a vigorous reaction. Then the NFU claimed he had beenmisquoted. Here’s the story...
