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EU Commissioner Hogan hears of UK farmers' concerns at farm visit
Many concerns about the challenges facing agriculture including low farmgate prices and CAP bureaucracy were raised to EU agriculture commissioner…
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Positive year for the sheep sector but difficulties remain
Despite the current difficulties being experienced in the sheep sector, 2014 was generally positive. Export volumes of fresh and frozen beef…
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Scottish lamb campaign seeks to target 3.7m customers
A high-impact advertising campaign behind Scotch Lamb PGI targeting 3.7 million consumers is set to be launched by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) in…
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Lack of animal disease knowledge is putting humans at risk
If researchers focus more on livestock diseases that do not yet infect humans, the risk that it could occur in the future could be eliminated and…
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NFU asks ‘who’s backing British lamb?’
According to AHDB’s latest Lamb Watch survey published today, British lamb accounted for 73 per cent of facings in the major supermarkets in June…
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National show and sale of Suffolk sheep at Shrewsbury Auction Centre
More than 200 pedigree Suffolk sheep from some of the top breeders in the UK will be going under the hammer at a national show and sale at Shrewsbury…
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Lamb, why it remains at the heart of our dinner table menu
There are many reasons to love lamb. It has been a staple of our diet in the UK for many centuries. For one, when cooked well, it has that…
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Major marketing campaign for Welsh Lamb is launched
A wide package of measures to encourage shoppers to choose Welsh Lamb is being launched this week in the wake of a dramatic fall in prices received…
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Farmers' Union of Wales calls for support for Hunting Act amendment
The Farmers’ Union of Wales has called for MPs to support a government amendment to the Hunting Act, which will allow livestock farmers to protect…
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Plaid Cymru calls for urgent measures to protect farmers as price of lamb plummets by 20%
Plaid Cymru’s Shadow Agriculture Minister, Llyr Gruffydd AM, has called on the Welsh Government to take urgent steps to protect farmers as price of…
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