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Hong Kong beef mission
A party of top veterinary and human health experts from Hong Kong made a whistle-stop tour of farms and abattoirs last week to take a detailed look…
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No case for raise in voluntary modulation deductions, says National Beef Association
There is no case for Defra to raise its "voluntary" modulation deductions from English Single Farm Payments (SFP) after the CAP Health Check talks…
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Beef price fall could impact on long term supply
NFU livestock board chairman Alistair Mackintosh has called on the supply chain to work together to boost confidence in the sector and ensure long…
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NBA looks forward to independent food report from Chatham House
As indicated in its press release of Monday October 20th, "Is food production about to emerge as a new national priority?" the National Beef…
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Consumer confidence hits cattle processors
The National Beef Association has reported a cross-UK fall in slaughter cattle prices on the back of anxiety among processors about a slow-down in…
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Cattle diet key to cutting methane emissions
Victorian scientists believe cattle can be made more environmentally friendly by changing what they eat. The Department of Primary Industries (DPI)…
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Farmers hypocritical for sending cattle east
A beef processor has labelled a group of producers who are sending their cattle east as hypocrites. Beef farmers in the south-west are trucking their…
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Cattle farmers to push their case with EU Commissioner
Cattle farmers will this evening begin to assemble in Kofinou ahead of tomorrow’s peaceful rally to Limassol where they hope to meet EU Agriculture…
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A stampede for rural show
Cattle and sheep will be back at this year’s Countryside Live, having been banned from the North Yorkshire event last year because of foot and mouth…
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EU raises BSE cattle testing age to 48 months
EU animal health experts have raised the minimum age for testing cattle for mad cow disease in the EU’s 15 ’older’ countries to 48 months, given…
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