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Drug-delivery method holds promise for controlling crop parasites
Drug-delivery technology is being used in agriculture to control parasitic roundworms, which causes more than £120 billion in crop failures worldwide…
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NFU Scotland, Police Scotland and Ranger Service highlight issue of livestock worrying
Farming union NFU Scotland has joined forces with Police Scotland and the Ranger Service to highlight issues surrounding livestock worrying and other…
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Around 50 sheep stolen from farm in Devon
Around 50 sheep have been stolen from rustlers on a farm in Devon, police are now appealing for witnesses. Devon police are appealing for anyone who…
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Bluetongue virus detected in north France, UK farmers urged to be aware
Farmers are being urged to be vigilant for signs of Bluetongue virus (BTV) after BTV-8 was detected in cattle in a previously disease-free area of…
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Spotted wing drosophila 'most serious threat' to UK fruit industry
A new research programme designed to help the UK fruit industry manage spotted wing drosophila has been announced. The four-year project, which…
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Bruchid beetle warning amid this weekend's high summer temperatures
A surge to summer temperatures, forecast to top 25°C this week, has triggered the conditions for Bruchid beetle warnings. Growers are advised to be…
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Oxfordshire farmer fined £1,200 after sheep left to rot on land
An Oxfordshire farmer has been fined more than £1,200 after five dead sheep were found rotting on his land. 54 year-old James Edward Hedges from…
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European Commission to propose extending glyphosate by 10 years
The European Commission will propose extending by 10 years its approval of the herbicide glyphosate. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has…
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Hundred sheep go missing in the Yorkshire Dales
Police are appealing for witnesses after a hundred horned sheep went missing from moorland in the Yorkshire Dales. The sheep, which all had two red…
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Farm-bound sludge teems with 700,000 tiny plastic fibres, research shows
New research has shown plastic pollution, caused by hundreds of thousands of microfibres, has travelled to as far as Britain’s farms. An astonishing…
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