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February 27, 2008
FEBRUARY 27, 2008: By May this year, farmers and smallholders should have arrangements inplace for the disposal of any veterinary or hazardous waste under theHazardous Waste Regulations 2005 managed by the Environment Agency.
February 20, 2008
FEBRUARY 20, 2008: Cornwall is to be included in the bluetongue disease surveillance zone- because this would make it easier for farmers to move cattle.
February 19, 2008
FEBRUARY 19, 2008: Smallholders have hit back at the National Farmers' Union over claims that many of them pose a threat to the farming industry.
February 19, 2008
FEBRUARY 19, 2008: Farmers have been praised for their 'resilience and ingenuity' by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
February 19, 2008
FEBRUARY 19, 2008: Farmers and the Government have a shared moral responsibility to makethe most of the potential of British farming in a world increasinglythreatened by food shortages and climate change, says the NFU.
February 19, 2008
FEBRUARY 19, 2008: The Tenant Farmers Association has welcomed the news that theCompetition Commission is to recommend that the Office of Fair Tradingshould establish an ombudsman’s scheme to adjudicate in disputesbetween supermarkets and their suppliers.
February 14, 2008
FEBRUARY 10, 2008: Eggs from battery reared hens have been banned from schools and councilbuildings in a local council in the Liverpool area of the UK.
February 14, 2008
The Environment Agency is to receive £1.8 billion to improve flood defences.
February 14, 2008
FEBRUARY 14, 2008: Farmers in Scotland face fines of £5,000 or six months in jail if theyfail to comply with new laws designed to stop bluetongue spreadingacross the border.
February 14, 2008
FEBRUARY 11, 2008: Genetically Modified (GM) crops have led to a massive increase inpesticide use and have failed to increase yields or tackle world hungerand poverty, according to a new report by Friends of the…
February 13, 2008
FEBRUARY 10, 2008: The bluetonguerestricted zone has been extended into Devon and south east Wales afterconfirmation of the disease on a farm near Poole in Dorset.
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