Vets help Government to combat serious TB fraud
Veterinary associations are taking urgent action to address the serious problem of TB fraud that has come to light. Defra Minister of State Jim Paice today announced that he has received evidence that a small number of farmers have been illegally swapping cattle eartags in order to retain highly productive TB reactors. The evidence was […]
JSR Breeding Pigs Fly Into China
Over eight-hundred high health, genetically advanced breeding pigs have successfully touched down in China this week. The animals were transported from the UK onboard a specially chartered 747 aircraft on behalf of JSR Genetics. The pigs are the first shipment to Guangzhou Animal Husbandry Company (GZAH), based in Guangzhou province, which will stock a new […]
DeLaval support Earth Hour
The global dairy equipment manufacturer DeLaval engage their international hubs to turn the lights out in support of Earth Hour. DeLaval International announced today that it will be turning lights out on Saturday March 26 from 20:30 to 21:30 local time to mark Earth Hour 2011. Supporting the World Wildlife Funds Earth Hour initiative is […]
Milk Link increases members’ milk prices and cash flow
Milk Link is to increase its Member milk price from 1st April by 1.0 pence per litre (ppl) for both manufacturing and liquid schedules. The latest increase means that Milk Links standard litre Member price for both manufacturing and liquid milk will now be 27.00ppl. The April rise means that over the last 12 months […]
Lancashire herd lifts yields by 900 litres despite cutting inputs
A big increase in silage dry matter intakes on a Lancashire dairy farm has lifted milk production by 900 litres a cow and enabled feed costs to be cut by 30 a head over the first 200-days of lactation. “The milk went up and the costs went down,” says Anthony Bretherton who runs the 135-cow […]
Aquila Patron Lucente EX94 dies
Aquila Patron Lucente EX94, one of Cogent Breedings original founding bulls, died 11 March 2011 at a notable 13 years of age. As one of the first UK bulls ever to be used as a sire of sons by major AI studs around the world, in his lifetime he produced over 200,000 straws of conventional […]
RABDF calls for TB reactor clearance policy review
The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers has called for government to review its TB reactor clearance policy and introduce a market based solution in the wake of escalating new TB herd incidents reported by Defra during 2010. TBs tentacles are creeping further and further in to dairy and beef herds up and down the […]
MEP calls for skull & crossbones symbol to be stamped on illegal EU eggs
The Commissioner was attending a debate (15.3.11) on the Work Programme for 2012 and was told in no uncertain terms that the EU needs to get a grip on the serious problem of 83 million illegal eggs that will be produced on the very first day of 2012. Mr Agnew told the Commissioner: You will […]
The Co-Operative awards milk contract to Robert Wiseman Dairies
The Co-operative Group has today (16 March 2011) announced that it has awarded its own-brand milk contract to Robert Wiseman Dairies under a new two-year agreement commencing August this year. The new agreement*, which will see the Group move to a dedicated milk supply scheme, follows The Co-operatives successful integration of the Somerfield supermarket chain. […]
