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New £5.7m funding for farmers to tackle highly contagious cattle disease
Farmers will be able to tackle the highly contagious disease Bovine Vial Diarrhoea (BVD) more effectively thanks to a new £5.7m funding package…
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Boy stuns doctors by contracting rare cowpox infection after feeding calves
A 15-year-old boy has contracted a very rare case of cowpox infection after feeding livestock on a farm on the Wrexham-Cheshire border. Cowpox was a…
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Farmer experiences 'worst night in 20 years of farming' following death of 55 cows
A Yorkshire farmer has experienced his "worst night in twenty years of farming" following the death of 55 cows due to a suspected water contamination…
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Worcestershire farmer wins award for outstanding service to Holstein cattle
A Worcestershire farmer has received an award applauding his outstanding service to the Holstein cattle breed. The Holstein UK Lifetime Achievement…
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Scottish farmers call on councillors to approve £20m meat production facility
Scottish farmers have written to Aberdeenshire councillors asking them to back planning proposals for a new £20m meat production facility. NFU…
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Livestock farmers urged to use correct injection sites
Farmers may be losing money by incorrectly injecting livestock and damaging carcase value, a survey has revealed. Incorrect injections can lead to…
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New project to tackle challenges of dairy beef calf rearing
A new project will identify profitable best practice and help address some of the significant challenges that face the calf rearing sector, including…
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Jersey cow owned by Devon farmer crowned Britain's Sexiest Cow 2018
A Jersey cow owned by a farmer from Devon has been announced as the winner of Britain's Sexiest Cow 2018. Char, a Jersey Cow owned by Charlotte…
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Project to encourage young farmers in promoting native breeds
A new government-funded project to be launched by Adam Henson at a popular agricultural show seeks to encourage young farmers in promoting the UK's…
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Bovine TB vaccine may be 'unfeasible' due to cost and scale of field trials
Field trials for a vaccination to protect cattle against bovine TB would need to involve 500 herds – potentially as many as 75,000-100,000 cattle –…
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