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Mid-season worm pressures affect dairy herds
Managing mid-season worm pressures could have significant economic and performance benefits for dairy herds. This is the advice from the COWS…
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More misery for Scottish dairy farmers?
Intolerable pressure continues to be heaped on dairy farmers supplying the co-operative First Milk. From 1 July, First Milk will further reduce the…
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Milk prices 'simply not sustainable', says NFU as First Milk make further cuts
First Milk has announced another price cut to its supplier members from July 1st 2015. Milk pools will see their standard litre price reduced by 1ppl…
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Best of British genetics to be showcased at Livestock
The best of British genetics are scheduled to be showcased in front of a line-up of international judges and spectators along with the UK’s largest…
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Prepare for lungworm threat in cattle
Cattle farmers are warned to be alert for signs of lungworm in their herds this summer according to the June NADIS Parasite Forecast sponsored by…
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MEPs ban farm animal and food cloning
A draft law to ban the cloning of all farm animals and products derived from them in the EU was voted by the Environment and Agriculture committees…
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Meetings to be held on tackling falling beef prices
For the second spring in succession, those selling prime cattle in the early part of the year have seen beef prices fall below profitable levels and…
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Farmers need 'further roll-out' of badger culls, says Raymond
Farmers need 'further roll-out' of the pilot badger culls in high risk areas to combat bovine TB, according to NFU President Meurig Raymond. “Farmers…
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Increased productivity in Scotland offset by drop in farmgate prices
The importance of the red meat sector to Scotland’s economy is highlighted in a new report by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS). The Scottish Red Meat…
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Suspect BSE case highlights importance of disease surveillance
Veterinary associations in the UK and Northern Ireland have praised the timely communications on the suspected case of BSE in the Republic of Ireland…
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