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Beef farmers press retailers on packaging labels
Beef farmers in Northern Ireland are persuading retailers not to skip product information on retail package labels. The move follows revelations that…
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Electronic cattle reporting hits record high
Latest figures from the Rural Payments Agency show the highest ever proportion of cattle movements – 95 per cent – were reported online or on the…
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New system ups mill output by 25 per cent
A new process control and information system is streamlining production and boosting daily output by over 25 per cent at Ufac-UK’s specialist…
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Farmers 'underestimating' cost of calf pneumonia
Many farmers may be underestimated the true cost of calf pneumonia and failing to take appropriate steps to stop the disease according to Merial's…
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Beef Association raises labeling concerns
Confirmations that beefburgers sold in Irish and British supermarkets contained up to 29% horsemeat means retailers must pay closer attention to the…
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Research reveals level of illegal badger culling
Over 10% of livestock farmers in Wales have illegally killed badgers according to a research paper published today. Using a method known as the…
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Red Tractor consults on dairy welfare measures
Red Tractor Assurance (RTA) has worked with dairy representatives to develop proposals that would improve the RTA Dairy scheme, by proposing key…
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Disease fears blight early lambing season
Recent reports have confirmed farmers' worries over a return of the Schmallenberg virus in sheep and cattle with figures indicating up to 60% loss…
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Farming groups warn of losses to liver fluke disease
Liver fluke is causing havoc in many parts of the UK, recent reports show. Peter Baber, Chairman of SCOPS (Sustainable Control Of Parasites in…
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Badger cull may start in other areas, farming minister says
Farming Minister David Heath has hinted the badger cull could resume in other areas after a delay was announced by the government last October. Plans…
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