Beef
More cattle to be culled with blue tongue
More cattle on a Co Antrim farm found to have blue tongue disease are to be culled, it has been revealed. Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew…
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Benn unveils UK bluetongue plan
DEFRA Secretary Hilary Benn has published a UK plan for bluetongue vaccination over the months ahead. He confirmed that the approach will be…
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Bluetongue sheep ‘had tested negative’
The farmer at the centre of Wales' first bluetongue case yesterday insisted his infected sheep was "tested and re-tested" before being imported from…
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Farmers’ unions demand ban on imports
The time has come to ban all livestock imports, farmers' groups warned last night. The demand came after Wales' first case of bluetongue was found in…
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Beef Imports Slow at the End of 2007
Exchange rates and cow slaughter continued to affect beef imports in the final quarter of 2007. Heavy cow slaughter late last year increased the…
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Good returns at cattle sale
Local demand, some outside competition, grass in paddocks and the promise of rain resulted in better than expected returns for around 1400 cattle at…
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Cattle future looks bright
MLA's chief market analyst Peter Weeks said that the past year had been a most difficult one for the cattle and beef industries, with widespread…
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Cattle movements ‘relatively unimportant’ in TB spread – Royal Society report
New research published today (Wednesday, February 13) by the Royal Society shows that cattle movements are responsible for just 16 per cent of bovine…
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Cold spell kills cattle, impoverishes locals
Some 2,000 heads of cattle have died in two northern provinces as unexpectedly frigid weather has taken a toll on their food supply and ill-prepared…
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Urgent meeting to discuss cattle sale date clash
An urgent meeting will be held tonight to decide whether Mudgee, in central western New South Wales, should change the day of its weekly cattle sale…
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