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.
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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.
April 9, 2008
EU threat to sheep industry
APRIL 8, 2008: The European Commission's plans to introduce compulsory electronicidentification (EID) for sheep could lead to a significant number offarmers leaving the industry, the NFU has warned.
April 8, 2008
BT vaccination plan steps up a gear
APRIL 8, 2008: The JAB campaign for mass vaccination against bluetongue can step upa gear after Intervet announced its vaccine has been licensed for usein the UK. The news comes as Defra published its roll…
April 8, 2008
Bovine TB ‘out of control in Wales’
APRIL 8, 2008: Bovine TB is out of control in Wales, according to Dr Christianne Glossop, the chief Welsh veterinary surgeon.
March 30, 2008
Chicken campaigners in Tesco protest
MARCH 28, 2008: Three Tesco stores in Sheffield will be the target ofprotests this week in an effort to persuade the supermarket giant toimprove animal welfare policies.
March 29, 2008
Bluetongue vaccine ‘set for approval’
MARCH 29, 2008: The first vaccine able to protect livestock from the BTV8 strain of thebluetongue virus is close to receiving official approval.
March 28, 2008
Bird flu restrictions lifted
MARCH 28, 2008: Defra has announced that restrictions put in place following the H5N1 avian flu outbreak in wildbirds in Dorset earlier this year have been lifted.
