February 12, 2008
All equestrian routes to be mapped
FEBRUARY 10, 2008: The British Horse Society has launched a new mapping strategy, whichaims to collate all existing equestrian routes in England, Scotland andWales.
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February 11, 2008
NFU joins fuel duty row
FEBRUARY 10, 2008: The NFU has hit out over plans to increase the fuelduty on diesel and petrol by 2p a litre from April 1 and urgedChancellor Alistair Darling to scrap the proposal.
February 9, 2008
‘Disgust’ at cheap chicken move
FEBRUARY 8, 2008: Tesco, Britain's largest supermarket, has come under fire for selling chicken for £1.99 justweeks after two of its competitors, Sainsbury's and Co-op, promised toend the sale of cheap chicken.
February 8, 2008
Poultry sector hits back over research claim
FEBRUARY 10,2008: The British poultry sector has hit back at media claims that newresearch findings published show that more than one-quarterof broiler chickens have difficulty walking as result of their highgrowth rates.
February 7, 2008
Growing role for city farms
FEBRUARY 7, 2008: The important role of city farms and community gardens is increasinglyrecognised by local and national government, funders and otherstakeholders, according to a report.
February 7, 2008
Many broiler chickens ‘have difficulty walking’
FEBRUARY 7, 2008: More than a quarter of broiler chickens have difficulty walking, according to a study funded by Defra.
February 6, 2008
Celebrating the potato
JANUARY 25, 2008 is the International Year of the Potato. A global campaign willraise awareness of the importance of the potato - and of agriculture ingeneral - in addressing issues of global concern, including hunger,poverty…
February 5, 2008
Time for Defra to listen
Smallholders have a voice at national level. Mary Marshall, an expert in animal diseases, is on stakeholder groups consulted by Defra. But she talked to CS about her dissatisfaction with the process, and her belief…
February 4, 2008
Changes to bluetongue zones
FEBRUARY 4, 2008: DEFRA has announced changes to the bluetongue protection and surveillance zones after new cases of the disease were discovered during pre-movement testing in the south east of England.
February 3, 2008
Eco house for big show
03 FEBRUARY 2008: The ultimate eco house will be unveiled at this year’s Centenary Ideal Home Show.
February 2, 2008
Higher fines for employing illegal workers
FEBRUARY 2, 2008: There are now estimated to be 300,000 migrant temporary workers employed in the UK agricultural industry – and fines for employing illegal immigrants are set to double on February 28.
