Minister’s response to lamb losses just crumbs, say’s FUW leader
The union’s president Emyr Jones, who has lost stock on his Bala farm, said natural resources and food minister Alun Davies’ decision to extend the current derogation for on-farm burial until April 16 with the addition of parts of north Ceredigion was the least he could do. “He has also announced a review of how […]
Dairy producer summit to address key industry issues
After the SOS dairy campaign, the introduction of a voluntary code and continued dairy market volatility, dairy farmer representatives have the chance to debate the future of the industry this week at an NFU led summit. The dairy Producer Representative Summit on Thursday April 11 will feature a number of industry leaders and cover a […]
NFU calls for urgent assistance on fallen stock
Government and landlords must support struggling farmers who have lost livestock and are risking going out of business due to the extreme weather, says the NFU. In particular, with many farmers in the hills and uplands reporting that it is the worst spring in living memory, the NFU is calling for help for farmers who […]
Buy British beef – look for Origin UK label
Busy investigators, angry retailers, and nationwide public concern led by shocked consumers, has routed any immediate threat of beef, or beef products, on offer in supermarkets being re-contaminated with imported horsemeat or any other bizarre cross-species substitution. But, says the National Beef Association, no-one can afford to lower their guard otherwise consumers could once again […]
New research finds that cattle and badgers with TB rarely meet
Direct contact between badgers and cattle is rare, suggesting that it as a result it may be rare for bovine tuberculosis (TB) to be passed on through the two species meeting each other on pasture, new research by the Royal Veterinary College and the Food and Environment Research Agency published in the journal Epidemiology and […]
NBA asks beef farmers to back its efforts to secure new coupled payment for suckler stock
Northern Ireland’s Agriculture Minister, and her Department, have a chance to secure a solid future for both the suckler cow and the Province’s entire beef industry if they accept that a new, coupled, CAP payment, agreed in principle by EU agriculture ministers only last week, should be linked to suckled calf production from 2014. So […]
Pig wasting syndrome costing farmers millions
Stark new figures show that a common pig virus, present on 99 per cent of pig farms has major economic implications for individual farmers and the pig industry as a whole, costing British farmers as much as £84 per pig (if the pig dies from the syndrome), and during epidemic periods, such as 2008, costing […]
Joseph Heler are whey ahead
Joseph Heler, the UK’s largest independent regional cheese producer, has invested over £750,000 in a state of the art whey processing facility at their Cheshire site. This facility is a highly sophisticated whey plant and allows Joseph Heler to create a new range of advanced and added value nutritional products. The investment has been made […]
Commit to British farmers, says Dairy Coalition
The coalition, the NFU, NFU Cymru, NFU Scotland, FFA, TFA, WFU and the RABDF met in Stoneleigh today to discuss dairy market issues and its future strategy. In the short term, the coalition has called for urgent and meaningful farm gate price rises for April 1, to ensure a realistic market price. Challenges of poor […]
