Livestock Event achieves record attendance, up 6%
A record 17,000 visitors attended the Livestock Event staged at The NEC, Birmingham on 2 and 3 July. The figure was up 6% on the year. “The event continues to evolve and goes from strength to strength,” said RABDF chief executive, Nick Everington. “The main trade halls buzzed throughout as visitors explored the latest technology, […]
National Dairy Show records
Stall bookings for the National Dairy Show have reached record levels. Over 200 stalls have so far been allocated for the show to be staged at the Livestock Event, at The NEC, Birmingham on Wednesday 2 and 3 Thursday July. “The National Dairy Show featuring seven different breeds is going from strength to strength. Over […]
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 […]
Welsh Black Cattle Society President calls for commercial commitment
Lorraine Howells, who farms at Rhymney in the heart of the South Wales coal mining valleys, where Glamorgan meets Monmouth, says the modern market needs a low maintenance, functional cow. And she wants producers to bring the commitment and dedication they applied to controlling Johne’s disease to improving the breed and to validate this with […]
New identification system offers hope to livestock farmers
A ground-breaking project to develop an accurate and cost-efficient method for monitoring sheep movements is now under development thanks to a project team headed by Melton-Mowbray based Pera Technology. The objective of the ‘ROSEI’ project is to develop a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) ear tag that will improve the probability of 100% accurate identification of […]
Morecambe’s volunteer RNLI lifeboat crew in animal mud rescue
Just before midday on Friday 7 February 2014, Liverpool Coastguard tasked the Morecambe RNLI hovercraft crew to locate and rescue a cow that was reported to be stuck in mud on the river bank opposite Lancaster Golf Club. Launching onto the river, the hovercraft crew quickly located the frightened animal; which had sunk deep into […]
Efficiency central to meeting future beef demand BeefLink farmers hear
Genetic and feed efficiency will be central to ensuring UK beef farmers can meet the growing domestic and global demand for British Beef, more than 300 Asda/ABP BeefLink farmers heard at last week’s producer group meeting, Ludlow. No matter where in the UK beef is produced it must be done as efficiently as possible, said […]
Cuts to farm animal health surveillance could risk new diseases going undetected and jeopardise public health, warns The Royal College of Pathologists
These diseases may be transmitted to humans so the health risks are shared by the public and this could hit consumer confidence in a livestock industry worth over £10 billion. Defra’s plans are not based on sound evidence and lack detail. Defra has failed to explain to the College how outsourcing tests to services outside […]
New DVD addresses animal welfare needs in road traffic accidents
The training programme was produced in collaboration with the Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service and livestock transport vehicle manufacturers by livestock engineering consultant Peter Kettlewell and livestock transport consultant Eddie Harper MBE, co-sponsored by the Humane Slaughter Association, the Royal Bath and West of England Society and Crowe Livestock (Amlin plc). It covers all aspects […]
