February 28, 2008
New Bill on compensation claims
FEBRUARY 27, 2008: AN MP seeking to change the law on compensation claims will try to introduce a second Bill on the subject after the first did not become law. Stephen Crabb’s Bill seeks to…
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February 27, 2008
New farm produce initiative
FEBRUARY 27, 2008: A new initiative to promote the sale of farm produce is set to take off.
February 27, 2008
Warning on waste regulations
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
Bluetongue zone to include Cornwall
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
Smallholders reject claim they are risk to farming
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
PM praises farmers’ ‘resilience and ingenuity’
FEBRUARY 19, 2008: Farmers have been praised for their 'resilience and ingenuity' by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
February 19, 2008
Farmers ‘have moral duty to help feed the world’
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
Welcome for ombudsman check on supermarkets
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
Council bans battery eggs
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
£1.8 billion for flood defences
The Environment Agency is to receive £1.8 billion to improve flood defences.
February 14, 2008
Tough laws to keep bluetongue out of Scotland
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.
