Pig/Poultry
Scottish scientists devlop ways to measure bone quality in poultry
Scientists at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh have developed a fast and safe method of analysing bone density in live...
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Environment
Poots: New CO2 report will help achieve net zero target
Minister from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Edwin Poots, has said that a new report highlighting...
Arable
NFU: Over 130,000 school children sign up to harvest festival
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Education team will provide first-hand experience of harvest time to more than 130,000 students as...
Environment
The Prince of Wales becomes patron of the GWCT
The Prince of Wales, Charles, has become a patron of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT). He follows in...
Government
Scotland's new hunting bill will compromise the livelihoods of farmers - SCA
The Scottish Countryside Alliance (SCA) is accusing the Scottish government of “compromising the livelihoods of farmers” with the introduction of...
N.Ireland
Poots: Trespassing incident on Armagh poultry farm was ‘highly irresponsible’
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has condoned a trespassing incident on a poultry farm in Co. Armagh earlier today (July 2)...
N.Ireland
Department unlikely to take direct action over ILT outbreaks
The department is unlikely to take direct action, such as introducing culls or flocks restrictions, over a recent spate of...
N.Ireland
‘Potentially serious’ viral disease ILT discovered in poultry flocks in NI
A potentially serious viral infection, ILT, has started to spread through Northern Ireland (NI) poultry flocks, the Department of Agriculture,...
Pig/Poultry
Chickens ‘disposed of’ due to unauthorised antibiotic concerns
Carton Bros, the company that produces the Manor Farm chicken brand, has said that a number of birds were "disposed...
Pig/Poultry
Lifting of housing measures is 'good news' for poultry keepers - NFU
The decision to lift the requirement for all poultry keepers to house their birds is good news for Britain’s poultry...
Agri-Business
Lough Neagh farmers benefit from £4 million support for agri-environmental projects
More than 140 farmers on the shore of Lough Neagh have benefited from over £4 million in the first three years...
N.Ireland
Other cases suspected as H5N8 is confirmed in second NI commercial flock
Northern Ireland’s chief veterinary officer, Dr. Robert Huey, has warned the department is testing “a number of” other suspected cases...
Pig/Poultry
10 days for UK poultry keepers to prepare for new housing measures
New poultry housing rules will come into force throughout the UK on Monday, December 14, giving keepers 10 days to...
Agri-Business
NI agriculture minister halts all routine farm inspections
All routine farm inspections will be paused until 30 April 2020, Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has confirmed...
Agri-Business
ForFarmers announces 70% fall in 2019 UK net profit
The UK arm of international agricultural feed firm ForFarmers UK has announced profits fell by more than two-thirds in 2019....
Arable
Vigilance key to tackling BYDV post-neonicotinoids
Trials are taking place into new technology to alert cereal growers to the earliest signs aphids in a bid to prevent...
Agri-Business
BYDV research for cereals to receive 3-year funding boost
The management of virus-spreading aphids in winter cereal crops is the subject of a new AHDB research call. It forms...
Pig/Poultry
New ventilation system to help poultry welfare in hot weather
A prototype for a new poultry ventilation system created at Harper Adams University as part of a PhD project aims...
