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Extra energy for sheep
Designed for use whenever sheep require an energy boost and costing just 3 4p/ewe/day, Rumenco's SUPAlyx Super Energy Plus is a new concentrated…
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Britain’s sheep farmers have less to fear from New Zealand in lamb market
New Zealand may be the hot favourites to win the Rugby World Cup which opens in France on Friday, but NFU livestock chairman Thomas Binns says…
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Sheep shearing courses attract record number of young people
There has been a big increase in the number of young people attending shearing courses this year, according to the British Wool Marketing Board…
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North East sheep breeders relieved as Autumn sales get the go ahead
North east pedigree sheep breeders were breathing a sigh of relief this week as the autumn sale season that determines their livelihood was…
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Sustainable beef and lamb prices essential in wake of foot and mouth crisis
NFU President Peter Kendall met senior executives of the supermarket giant Tesco yesterday to discuss the impact of the foot and mouth outbreak on…
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Re-opened: Red meat exports to the EU
The demand is still out there - importers in EU member states are telling us they want our beef and lamb now says the Chairman of the English Beef…
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Exmoor Mule
West country hill farmers are staking their claim in the breeding ewe market and it's creating an upturn in demand for a "new look" Exmoor Mule…
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Movement to slaughter welcomed
The announcement that farmers in England can start to send cattle and sheep to slaughter has been welcomed by the English Beef and Lamb Executive…
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Foot and Mouth Disease: Reactions
Douglas Chalmers, Director CLA North, comments on the recent announcement by DEFRA that Foot and Mouth Disease has been confirmed on a farm in Surrey…
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Resistance Is No Fluke
The statistics are frightening: economic losses due to liver fluke stand at an annual $2 billion worldwide, just 150 fluke can kill a sheep and there…
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