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New bluetongue case is confirmed
Bluetongue precautions have been extended after a new case of the animal disease was confirmed in Hampshire. The Department for Environment, Food and…
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Rochdale Bluetongue zone
Rochdale has been included in a protection zone after an outbreak of Bluetongue - one hundred miles away. The borough has been placed in a…
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Shocked farmer victim of valley sheep rustlers
A worried farmer is said to be devastated after becoming the victim of a modern day sheep rustling incident it has just been revealed. The shocking…
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Organic marketing group calls for caution in organic conversion
Graig Producers, the Wales-based independent organic livestock marketing group, is calling for extreme caution if conventional farmers think organic…
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Farmers ready for single entity in meat industry
Never before have so many sheep farmers been keen on the idea of merger within their industry. The southern sheep farmer is not usually the type to…
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Pricing grid puts sheep farming on a knife-edge
There is no-one making a fortune out of sheep farming. Quite the opposite, in fact. While the dairy and tillage farmers enjoy a boom period and beef…
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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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Wool crisis as European deal unravels
Australia's wool chiefs are flying to Europe today in a bid to salvage lucrative trade contracts with the region. One of the world's largest clothing…
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Sheep numbers down, both in North Dakota and nationwide
The sheep and lamb inventory in North Dakota as of Jan. 1, 2008, indicated a drop of five percent from the previous year, according to a report from…
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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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