Positive response from Government as slaughter petition reaches 66,000 signatures
The campaign to end non-stun slaughter and provide consumers with better information about the welfare of animals at slaughter has received a positive response from Ministers. Responding to the British Veterinary Association (BVA) e-petition, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) stated that it would prefer to see all animals stunned before slaughter, […]
FUW raises beef price crisis concerns with Welsh MPs
Farmers’ Union of Wales officials have raised concerns over the damage low beef cattle prices is causing to farm incomes and the confidence of the industry with Welsh MPs at meetings in Westminster. During meetings with MPs Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd), Guto Bebb (Aberconwy) and Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire), FUW president Emyr Jones and deputy president Glyn […]
Raise a glass to celebrate World Milk Day
Milk lovers from across the globe will be raising a pinta this Sunday (June 1) to celebrate the nutritional benefits of the white stuff on World Milk Day. Since 2001 when the first World Milk Day was proposed by FAO (the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations), June 1st has become the day […]
Arla adjusts its milk price for its non-owners
Arla Foods is reducing its milk price for its direct supplying farmers by 1.5ppl, with effect from 1 July 2014. Commenting on the adjustment, Ash Amirahmadi, Arla head of milk and member services, said: “This takes Arla’s direct standard litre to 32 pence, with no further deductions to be made, and continues to be one […]
World’s largest fresh milk dairy is officially opened by Secretary of State
Today, the Secretary of State for the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, The Rt Hon Owen Paterson MP, officially opened Arla’s £150 million fresh milk processing facility located in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, with a capacity to produce 1.5 million bottles a day. The dairy, which is the most technologically advanced and efficient of its […]
UK tops Europe, Middle East and Africa for parent flock performance
The award for the top Cobb flock for Europe, Middle East and Africa has been won for the fourth year running by the UK – this time going to Scottish farmer Mark Robson of Pressen Hill Farm, Kelso, Roxburghshire. The award is based on results from more than 40 million Cobb500 parent stock placed in […]
Liver Fluke affects nearly 1 in 4 British Cattle
The figures for 2013 show that nearly one in four cattle – 24% – sent for slaughter at abattoirs across Britain had their livers condemned as a result of liver fluke. This is a significant rise over the 2012 figure of 19%1. These figures are a cause for concern for all British farmers, but particularly […]
England pulling together to tackle key dairy diseases
DairyCo is leading a new RDPE-funded campaign to promote better control of four major dairy diseases or conditions affecting the profitability of dairy farming – BVD, Johne’s Disease, lameness and mastitis. The initiative is the result of AHDB being awarded a number of tenders under the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) Skills Framework. This […]
Two veterinary pioneers combine to bid for bTB testing delivery role
A new national service company has been formed to bid for appointment as a Delivery Partner for bovine TB and other farm animal disease testing under AHVLA’s Veterinary Delivery Partnership programme. Xperior Farm Health is a joint venture between two established veterinary companies: Eville & Jones, and Westpoint Veterinary Group. Eville & Jones is an […]
