Milk farmers to hold crisis talks in Ribble Valley
4:50pm Thursday 20th November 2008 By Ben Briggs ' LEADING figures from the European dairy industry are heading to the Ribble Valley for a special conference to discuss farmers...Messenger
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Boluses preferable to costly EID tags
I HAVE been considering the effects of the EU proposals for the electronic identification of sheep on my business and feel it will have a major negative...Farmers Guardian
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TB is increasing by 30 per cent a year
AT our annual Auctioneers Meeting last Sunday it was revealed that TB was increasing at the rate of 30 per cent year on year and it would only be a matter of time before the disease spread to the North of...Wiltshire Gazette and Herald
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UK free of bird flu but now lost markets must be regained
The UK was officially declared free from Avian Influenza under World Organisation for Animal Health rules (Thur). These require a three month interval between the final cleansing and disinfection of premises involved in the last outbreak and official recognition of freedom from the...Farm Business
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Health Check introduces new market distortion
FRANCE will re-direct millions of pounds of unspent EU money into subsidies for its ailing sheep sector after forcing a loophole into the CAP Health Check...Farmers Guardian
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BLUETONGUE: Tighter Controls to Halt Disease
Vaccination Pleas in Wales as French Outbreak Soars UK - NFU Cymru is taking the opportunity of the Dairy Event to renew its plea to dairy farmers in Wales to vaccinate their cattle against the Bluetongue...The Beef Site
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Irish pig producers battling low prices again
IFA Pigs Committee Chairman Michael Maguire expressed serious concern for the pig sector, following announcements by pigmeat processors of price cuts for this weeks...Pig Progress.net
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UFU joins sheep protest in Paris
Ulster Farmers' Union Deputy President Harry Sinclair has led a UFU delegation to Paris to join a European sheep producers demonstration. The rally was held in advance of a meeting of European Agriculture Ministers, who will consider future policies for the sheep...Fermanagh Herald
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Australia wool industry will not bow to boycotts
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's $2.2 billion wool industry rejected calls on Thursday to immediately stop a 'barbaric' practice of cutting away loose skin from sheep to stop maggots, saying there was no workable...Reuters UK
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