Weatherbys and Eurofins join forces to genotype one million cattle
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has appointed Weatherbys Ireland DNA Laboratory working in conjunction with Eurofins Genomics to test one million cattle samples over the next 2 years. The ambitious project is the first anywhere in the world to genotype one million cattle. The test itself uses a microarray technology to measure 55,000 variable […]
ONE Arla cooperative formed in the UK
The New Year saw Arla’s UK farmer owners unite in a new cooperative – The UK Arla Farmers Cooperative Ltd (UKAF). UKAF is the single UK corporate member of Arla Foods amba and maintains the same rights within Arla Foods amba as the former cooperatives – Arla Milk Link (AML) and Arla Milk Cooperative (AMCo). […]
RUMA announces voluntary restrictions on Colistin use in UK livestock
The Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture Alliance (RUMA) is pleased to announce voluntary restrictions on colistin use in UK livestock. RUMA members considered the recent article in Lancet Infectious Disease reporting that a new gene that makes common bacteria resistant to colistin, a last-line antibiotic, had been found in animals and patients in China. […]
Arla Foods amba maintains milk price for December 2015
Arla Foods amba is maintaining its on-account milk price at 23.04 pence per litre, during December 2015, for its 12,700 owners, including around 3,000 from the UK. Commenting on the situation, Ash Amirahmadi, head of milk and member services at Arla Foods UK, said: “The firming of the market that we witnessed last month has […]
Consumers support Morrisons Milk for Farmers
British grocery shoppers are demonstrating their commitment to dairy farmers and overwhelmingly supporting the new Morrisons’ Milk for Farmers range. The fresh milk, which is 100% sourced from Arla farms in the UK, is attracting an additional 10 pence per litre of milk sold which is passed back in full to Arla. As per the […]
New dairy project to transform data use on farm
Innovation for Agriculture has been awarded a Horizon 2020 grant for its project proposal ‘ 4D4F – Data Driven Dairy Decisions for Farmers ’. The project brings together 16 partners from 9 EU countries spread from the Baltics to the Mediterranean and from West to East. The project will investigate the technologies that are available […]
Auctioneers refuse to announce the number of livestock movements without clarity from large abattoirs
Several of the larger abattoirs have started penalising beef producers for supplying cattle that have been moved more than three times during their lifetime. Finishers are therefore asking auction marts to display details of the number of movements for cattle when they are selling them at market. The Livestock Auctioneers Association (LAA) is calling on […]
BVA questions Defra on poultry welfare in new slaughter regulations
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has raised an urgent question with Defra over new slaughter regulations for England that are due to come into force on Thursday 5 November. Although BVA has broadly welcomed the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (WATOK) Regulations, which contain new provisions to improve welfare at slaughter […]
Arla Foods amba maintains milk price
Arla Foods amba on-account price will remain unchanged from 26 October 2015 for its 12,700 owners, including around 3,000 from the UK, at 23.04 pence per litre. Commenting on the situation, Ash Amirahmadi, head of milk and member services at Arla Foods UK, said: “Despite production slowing down and even declining in some parts of […]
