Urgent EU action is needed to help British dairy farmers, the Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss has stressed to Phil Hogan, EU Agriculture Commissioner, ahead of next…
Month: August 2015
Further steps to help tackle bovine TB in England have been announced today as part of the Government’s comprehensive strategy to beat the disease. Bovine TB…
The increased popularity of burgers served rare has prompted the Food Standards Agency to look at how businesses can meet this consumer demand while ensuring public…
Protecting youngstock from disease is a vital but often tricky task, particularly when it comes to endemic diseases such as Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) which can…
The Farmers’ Union of Wales is urging Tesco to back Welsh dairy farmers by committing to a minimum farm gate price of 28 pence per litre…
Awareness of lungworm (also known as husk or hoose) as a major cause of respiratory disease in older, grazing cattle may not be as high as…
The National Sheep Association (NSA) was disappointed to hear this week that the industry has lost Stuart Roberts as AHDB Beef and Lamb Board Chairman, but…
The NFU has said news that 3,000 British farmers who supply European cooperative Arla will benefit from a hold in their milk price is a constructive…
Dairy and beef producers are being urged to focus greatest attention on feed value, not cost per tonne, as pressure to reduce overall feed costs and…
The Farmers’ Union of Wales is joining in with national lamb week this autumn (September 1-7) in a bid to raise the profile of Welsh lamb…