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January 10, 2008
January 10, 2008: The National Sheep Association is concerned that many sheep farmers who have endured a horrible autumn and winter dealing with the disease and cost issues facing them, will not have fully grasped…
January 10, 2008
JANUARY 10, 2008: Chickens reared for meat are not ‘battery’ farmed and poultry producers in the UK are fed up of hearing the claim repeated – that was the message from the British Poultry Council…
January 10, 2008
JANUARY, 10 2008: Supermarket giant Sainsbury's has hit back at criticisms that the poultry meat and eggs on sale in its stores are derived from systems which involve animal suffering.
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.
January 10, 2008
January 10: The Soil Association has applauded the campaigning efforts of celebrity chefs Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Jamie Oliver to improve the welfare standards of chicken production.
January 9, 2008
January 2008: There are mixed reactions among farmers to Hugh's Chicken Run, the programme being screened nightly on Channel 4, about chicken production systems.
January 9, 2008
JANUARY 2008: Agriculture is one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions and urgent changes need to be made if it is to be changed from a key contributor to climate change to a…
January 8, 2008
JANUARY 2008: Major stores have started clearing their shelves of eggs from caged birds four years before the introduction of a new EU law to stop birds being kept in tiny cages.
January 7, 2008
The number of farms and farm-related businesses to go bust last year rose by 27% from 2006, and recorded a higher failure rate than any other industry, according to analysts Experian.
January 5, 2008
DECEMBER 2007: People living in rural parts of the country have much less choice ofbroadband providers, are likely to get slower speeds and pay adifferent price, according to research.
