November 15, 2008
Bovine TB: farmers’ hopes dashed
NOVEMBER 15, 2008: Farmers’ hopes that a new TB Eradication Group might lead to a change of heart by the Government over badger culling appear to have been dashed.
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November 14, 2008
Goat farming offers opportunities
NOVEMBER 14, 2008: There are increasing opportunities for farmers and smallholders to diversify into goat farming, it is claimed.
November 13, 2008
Price war over chicken and eggs
NOVEMBER 13, 2008: The credit crunch is leading to a price war over chickenand egg prices.
November 5, 2008
Beekeepers march on Downing Street
NOVEMBER 5, 2008: Angry beekeepers will march on DowningStreet this afternoon (Wednesday, November 5), to demand funding tohalt the rapid demise of the bee population.
November 5, 2008
Warning over badger killing
NOVEMBER 5, 2008: Natural England has warned that it will do everything in its power to prosecute farmers who kill badgers illegally.
October 29, 2008
Rural affairs ‘being marginalised’
OCTOBER 29, 2008: There is a strong perception that rural affairs are being marginalised in DEFRA, according to a Parliamentary report.
October 28, 2008
Call for multi-strain BT vaccine
OCTOBER 28, 2008: A new strain of bluetongue has been discovered in The Netherlands.
October 19, 2008
Credit crunch ‘may help environment’
The credit crunch might have a silver lining in promoting the green agenda, commentators believe.
October 18, 2008
Jabs for Bluetongue ‘still vital’
With a number of reported cases of infectious imported animals in the UK and more than 15,000 cases of BTV8 having been reported in France so far this year, the potentially devastating threat to UK…
October 17, 2008
Sprays blamed for bee losses
A group of insect-killing sprays are believed to be implicated in the catastrophic loss of honey bees.
October 17, 2008
Claim on fly-tipping ridiculed
A claim by Defra that fly-tipping and graffiti are ‘under control’ has been ridiculed by the Country Land and Business Association.
