Beef
New bovine TB test detects disease in just six hours
A new bovine TB test which detects disease bacteria in blood or milk after six hours hopes to bring fresh optimism for the British dairy industry…
Read more
More Beef news
Beef
Crofters seek £20k compensation because neighbours' bull impregnated pedigree cow
Two farmers have sought compensation after a neighbours' bull charged through a fence and impregnated one of their pedigree Highland cows. According…
Read more
Beef
'Are you beef body ready'?: New PGI Welsh Beef advert launched
A new marketing campaign has been launched asking the public if they are 'beef body ready' in a bid to promote PGI Welsh Beef. The campaign subverts…
Read more
Beef
CCTV to become mandatory in all slaughterhouses in England next year
CCTV recording will become mandatory in all slaughterhouses in England next year as the government announces its plans to improve animal welfare in…
Read more
Beef
Farmer fined £1,500 for failure to present cattle for bovine TB tests
A Northern Irish farmer has been fined £1,500 after he pleaded guilty to two charges of failure to present all animals for bovine TB testing. Robert…
Read more
Beef
Cow 'stolen' and destroyed by government did not have bovine TB, farmer says
A cow which was "stolen" and destroyed by government officials due to a suspected case of bovine TB did not have the disease, the farmer has said…
Read more
Beef
Cattle are 'choked' and 'tormented' by intruders on Essex farm
A distraught farm owner has told of her horror after finding out her cattle were 'choked' and 'tormented' by night intruders. 47-year-old Sarah…
Read more
Beef
Dairy industry calls for greater transparency in animal welfare schemes
The dairy industry has called for greater transparency in the results of animal welfare schemes across the sector. At the World Dairy Summit in…
Read more
Beef
Farmer stumbles across expletive letter after investigating cause of cow escape
A farmer has been left with a profanity-ridden letter and a damaged fence after investigating how his calves escaped the field. Young farmer Richard…
Read more
Beef
Bovine TB outbreak costs East Sussex farmer over £100,000
An East Sussex tenant farmer has calculated the significant financial costs associated when bovine TB strikes cattle. Mark Peters, a tenant farmer…
Read more