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Bovine Disease Compensation

Compensation payable during June 2010, in England (and in Wales and Scotland for BSE only) for a bovine animal compulsorily...

New President for PVS

Nigel Woolfenden (pictured above) is now the new president of the Pig Veterinary Society. Nigel Woolfenden has now taken over...

Biosecurity Visits Have 100% Take Up

Biosecurity visits offered to farmers within the Bovine TB Intensive Action Pilot Area (IAPA) in west Wales have been taken...

BVA Supports Badger Cull Measures

The BVA has welcomed the new Defra Ministers commitment to badger control measures to tackle bovine TB.  Speaking at the...

Farming Can Help the Economy

NFU President Peter Kendall believes that farmers and growers have a crucial role to place in restoring economic growth This...

New SCOPS Leaflet

SCOPS (Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep) have produced a ‘Know Your Anthelmintics’ leaflet.  This is the 3rd year that...

Farmers Urged to Continue Vaccinating

Scientists from Moredun Research Institute in Edinburgh are encouraging sheep farmers to continue to vaccinate against Ovine Enzootic Abortion (OEA),...

‘Rumen Health: A 360° Analysis’

Entitled ‘Rumen Health: A 360° Analysis’, the 5th  Dairy Solutions Symposium will highlight the importance of rumen health in dairy...

NFU Concerned by S. American Talks

British beef and poultry farmers face huge potential financial losses if free-trade talks conclude between the EU and South American...

New Government Must Support Rural Economy

The CLA (Country Land and Business Association) has called for the rural economy not to be forgotten when forming the...