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Welsh consultation launches on extending nitrogen limit to 250kg/ha
A consultation has launched on a licensing scheme allowing Welsh farmers to apply for a higher holding nitrogen limit of up to 250 kg/ha until 2025…
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Experts urge farmers to keep monitoring worm burdens in lambs
The dry summer and mild, wet autumn of 2022 has resulted in a high worm challenge on many farms, with reports from around the UK of lambs suffering…
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Waitrose edits farmer Xmas advert after criticism by cancer charity
Waitrose has updated a scene in its current advertisement campaign that showed two farmers comparing sun tans following criticism by a cancer…
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Housing orders declared for NI and Wales amid heightened bird flu risk
Housing orders in Northern Ireland and Wales have been announced by devolved governments following concerns of a heightened risk of the disease as…
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First Milk's milk price to remain unchanged from 1 January
First Milk has today announced that its milk price will remain unchanged from 1 January 2023. This means its milk price on a manufacturing standard…
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EFRA MPs to probe UK's 'worst ever' avian influenza outbreak
A parliamentary committee is set to ask poultry farmers why the UK's largest ever outbreak of bird flu has been so serious and prolonged. The…
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Livestock health 'will suffer' without NI Protocol changes
Livestock health and welfare will suffer without changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol, the animal health sector has warned today. The National…
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Bovine TB: Record year for badger vaccinations in Cornwall
Over 250 badgers have been vaccinated against bovine TB in Cornwall this year, making it the most successful season to date. New figures published on…
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Noble Foods announces price increase for egg producers
Noble Foods, the UK's largest egg producer, has announced a price increase for egg producers from 1 December. The nine pence per dozen price increase…
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Science 'often slow' to be applied at farm level, report concludes
An action plan to boost British farming's productivity has been launched in the House of Lords, with the report criticising that science is 'often…
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