Report explores poultry sector’s reliance on energy
Mr Tyers, who works for Countrywide Farmers, presented his report entitled ‘The challenge for the poultry sector in meeting the demand for protein when energy is limited’ at the Farmers’ Club in London. The aim of the paper is to highlight the reliance of agriculture and in particular, the poultry sector, on energy. It identifies […]
Ground breaking study finds the offspring of stressed mothers brains develop differently
A ground breaking study has found that prenatal stress negatively affects the development of a lamb’s brain. In the first study of this type to take place not in the lab but in ‘real life’ conditions on a farm, researchers observed structural alterations in the neurons involved in emotional regulation and cognitive processing. The changes […]
Waste food campaign poses disease threat warns National Pig Association
National Pig Association has warned that recycling human food by feeding it to pigs must take place only under strictly-controlled conditions, otherwise there is a risk of outbreaks of notifiable diseases, such as foot-and-mouth, classical swine fever and African swine fever. These highly infectious diseases, which can be introduced to Britain in infected meat — […]
NPA Chris Brant Award winner announced
The award is presented annually to someone who goes the extra mile for the British industry. Several west country pig producers nominated Jonathan French. “He is the hardest working, most committed, caring individual you could possibly wish to have associated with your pig business,” said one. Another said, “I appreciate he has a vested interest […]
BWMB in strong marketing position is the message to sheep farmers
Addressing a meeting of the English press at the NSA North Sheep event in Harrogate, Mr Hartley explains, “As a result of a competitive market in the early part of the year BWMB has been able to sell the entire 2012 clip ahead of schedule and also clear a 5m kg carry over from the […]
House of Commons TB Debate 5th June 2013: Points to Consider
The NBA along with the NFU, BVA and other organisations support the policy of controlling the spread of TB by controlling the badger population. It is essential that the present culls go ahead and that Parliament does not prevent what is a necessity in the control of this notifiable highly infectious disease. If we do […]
Healthy livestock project leads to healthy profits across the South West
The EU-funded Healthy Livestock Initiative, organised by the Rural Business School at Duchy College, was established to boost farm productivity through better animal health. Working across the industry, it has brought vets, farmers and livestock specialists together to introduce proactive farm health planning for producers across the region. One aspect of the project was […]
Badger cull pilots the right scientific approach, says BVA
Although the shooting of badgers is not expected to start until later in the season the BVA is responding to activity amongst those who oppose the cull and appealing to them to allow the necessary scientific work to take place unhindered in the two pilot cull areas. The BVA pointed to the evidence base behind […]
New YouGov poll reveals the truth about public attitudes to the badger cull
Importantly, the survey also revealed that more than a quarter of people (27%) opposed to a cull would change their mind if it meant TB did not spread to other areas of the country. Only two per cent of 1,763 people asked considered a badger cull to be one of the most important issues facing […]
