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Growers have a lack of knowledge about 'low-risk' biopesticides
A lack of knowledge about biopesticides is leading to inefficient application by growers and reducing the success rates of integrated pest and…
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Two chemical giants enter agreement to produce new fungicide
Sumitomo Chemical and BASF, two of the world’s leading chemical companies, have announced their entry into a collaboration agreement for the…
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Farmer forced to pour slurry on field to stop illegal ravers 'furious with police'
A Cambridgeshire farmer who poured slurry on land to stop it being used by illegal ravers has said he was forced to act after police 'stood around…
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Farmer receives 25-year ban and nine month suspended prison sentence for animal abuse
A County Antrim farmer has received a nine month suspended prison sentence after he was convicted of causing unnecessary suffering to his livestock…
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Severe farm blaze destroys farm buildings and kills lamb in West Lothian
A blaze which caused severe damage at a farm and killed a lamb is being treated as suspicious by the police. What is thought to be a deliberate fire…
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Breakthrough study to alleviate antibiotics 'time bomb' in farming industry
A breakthrough study has looked to alleviate the antibiotics 'time bomb' in the farming industry. The study has looked into using 'bacteriophages'…
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Welsh 'super dairy farm' fined £36k for polluting stream with slurry
A Welsh 'super' dairy farm has been fined £36,000 after cattle slurry waste polluted a nearby stream. Howell and Susan Richards, who have 1,800 cows…
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Walker seriously injured after cow stampede in Greater Manchester
A walker has been seriously injured after being trampled on by stampeding cows in Greater Manchester. Armed police were called to deal with the…
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Cows worth £7000 stolen from Warwickshire farm
Warwickshire police are appealing for information after seven cows were stolen from a farm in the Southam area. It is thought the livestock rustlers…
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Lamb loses ear due to dog attack near Edinburgh
A lamb has lost its ear due to a dog attack in the Pentland hills in Edinburgh, police are now appealing for information. Police in Edinburgh are…
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