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Farmers warned about use of treated wood chip for livestock bedding

Farmers warned about use of treated wood chip for livestock bedding

The Gwent branch of the Farmers’ Union of Wales is warning farmers to ensure that wood chip bedding for livestock has not been sourced from treated wood, and that they have a U8 waste exemption registered with Natural Resources Wales (NRW). The warning follows after farmers in the Gwent area have been offered wood chip […]

Vets urge vigilance after Bluetongue-positive animals imported to England and Scotland

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has called for renewed vigilance and responsible sourcing after Defra and Scottish Government announced that a number of cattle in a consignment from an assembly centre in France have tested positive for Bluetongue virus BTV-8. The animals entered the UK earlier this month destined for four farms in England (Preston […]

FUW rejects TB regionalisation approach for Wales

FUW rejects TB regionalisation approach for Wales

The Farmers’ Union of Wales has rejected proposals to split Wales into five bovine TB regions in its response to a Welsh Government consultation, highlighting the need to tackle the disease in badger populations. The Welsh Government proposes splitting Wales into two high, two intermediate and one low TB level regions, with different rules applying […]

Marks & Spencer commits to World Angus Forum 2017

Marks & Spencer commits to World Angus Forum 2017

Leading premium retailer Marks & Spencer has been confirmed as headline sponsor of the World Angus Forum 2017 which takes place in the UK and Ireland this summer. Covering farm tours and events across Scotland, England and Ireland, the World Angus Forum will take in visits to both the Royal Three Counties Show and the […]

Mobile abattoir and digital traceability to France

Mobile abattoir and digital traceability to France

Swedish company Hälsingestintan is set to help improve animal welfare and meat quality in France. Franck Ribière, the producer and screenwriter behind the documentary Steak (R)evolution, is taking the Hälsingestintan concept to France. In 2015, Hälsingestintan launched Europe’s first mobile abattoir for beef cattle. The company’s ethical concept for meat production eliminates all slaughter transportation, […]

Wagyu Association signs deal with Spain

Wagyu Association signs deal with Spain

An agreement has been reached for Spanish Wagyu breeders to register their Fullblood and crossbred Wagyu cattle through the Wagyu Breeders Association (WBA) of Britain & Ireland. Breeders in Spain will now have access to the innovative online animal registration, tag and DNA Interface developed by the WBA with its partners TL Biolabs and Caisley […]

Breeding value for sires for feed intake

Breeding value for sires for feed intake

Dutch dairy farmers can now view how feed efficient the offspring of sires are. The Netherlands is one of the first countries in the world publishing this breeding value. The increased world population requires efficient food productions, especially the production of animal proteins. This breeding value is a tool to achieve that. The publication of […]

Weatherbys and Eurofins join forces to genotype one million cattle

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 […]

Auctioneers refuse to announce the number of livestock movements without clarity from large abattoirs

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 […]

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