April 26, 2008
Huge food rip-off exposed
APRIL 26, 2008: Shoppers are being ripped off to the tune of £7 billion a year as cheap food is passed off as top-quality produce, it is claimed.
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April 25, 2008
Alarm at drop in migrating bird numbers
APRIL 25, 2008: There has been a big drop in the number of birds migrating to Britain and Europe from Africa in the spring, according to a study by the RSPB.
April 24, 2008
Huge rise in farmland prices
APRIL 24, 2008: The price of farmland is rising at its fastest rate for more than 30 years, according to a report in The Independent newspaper.
April 20, 2008
Biofuel industry ‘can be sustainable’
APRIL 18, 2008: NFU president Peter Kendall has joined the fray in the biofuels debate by saying a British biofuel industry can be sustainable, self-sufficient and significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
April 19, 2008
Defra ‘set to order more bluetongue vaccine’
APRIL 19, 2008: The NFU says Defra is near to ordering another 8 milliondoses of bluetongue vaccine to ensure the whole of England is covered.
April 18, 2008
Threat to national pig herd
APRIL 18, 2008: The pig herd in Britain is declining at an alarmingrate because of the crisis in the feed price, according to the National Pig Association.
April 17, 2008
Half organic produce from abroad
APRIL 16, 2008: Almost half of all organic produce sold in British supermarkets is imported, according to the NFU's Farming Outlook.
April 16, 2008
Major plan to tackle bovine TB in Wales
APRIL 16, 2008: AN ambitious three-year, £27 million bovine TBeradication programme for Wales looks set to go ahead.
April 14, 2008
NFU hits back over livestock carbon footprint
APRIL 14, 2008: The National Farmers' Union has hit back at claims that livestock production has a huge environmentalfootprint that could be eliminated by cutting out meat and milk fromdietary habits.
April 10, 2008
Bid to protect honeybees
APRIL 10, 2008: Defra and the Welsh Assembly Government has launcheda joint consultation on a strategy to improve and protect honey beehealth.
April 9, 2008
Consortium to tackle animal disease
APRIL 9, 2008: A new consortium is to be launched in Scotland that will jointhe forces of over six hundred scientists to help streamline researchinto animal diseases.
