November 3, 2007
Loss of livestock breeds ‘alarming’
November 2007: The rate of extinction of livestock breeds around the world is “alarming”, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation.
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November 2, 2007
Organic food ‘better for you’
NOVEMBER 2007: Organic food is officially better for you, claims the Soil Association after a ten-year study.
November 2, 2007
FMD: how breeders are being hit
Red Ruby Devon cattle breeders are typical of farmers and smallholders who are being hit by the restrictions imposed following the latest outbreak of foot and mouth disease.
November 2, 2007
F&M: just so devastating
TIM TYNE gives a smallholder’s view of the latest foot and mouth outbreak
November 2, 2007
Are your hens the sporty type?
November 2007: An experiment has shown that the average hen walks 1,460 miles in its lifetime.
November 2, 2007
Growing threat from E.coli
November 2007: The Soil Association is calling on Defra to take the threat from a new type of antibiotic-resistant E.coli on British farms as seriously as it takes Foot and Mouth and Bluetongue.
November 2, 2007
Woodland ‘now has key role’
November 2007: As climate change climbs to the top of the agenda, England’s forests and woodlands have a key role to play providing wood as an alternative and less polluting source of fuel and sustainable…
October 31, 2007
Google launches UK Carbon Footprint project
October 31: Google has launched the UK Carbon Footprint Project, allowing you to calculate your personal carbon footprint, choose carbon-reducing steps from a personalised action plan and compare your actions to those of others around…
October 30, 2007
Latest information on Bluetongue controls
October 30: Defra has published the first epidemiology report into the Bluetongue outbreak, based on the situation up to 19 October.
October 26, 2007
Culled and fallen stock disposal scheme
October 25, 2007: The Culled and Fallen Stock Disposal Scheme, announced by Secretary of State for the Environment Hilary Benn as part of the £12.5m support package for farmers, opens for business today.
October 25, 2007
Extension of the control and protection zones
October 25: Defra today confirmed the extension of the Bluetongue Control Zone in Kent and East Sussex, following a new case of Bluetongue in Sevenoaks.
