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Feed forwards – a look at the dairy heifer pipeline
The cost of rearing replacement heifers differs profoundly between the most and least efficient farmers…...
Viruses could be used to treat pig infections
Antibiotic resistance has prompted renewed interest in using phages to treat bacteria. Leicester research will focus on Brachyspira and Salmonella...
Sheep attacks: zero tolerance ‘the only answer’
According to the rural crime team, using specially collated data has led to ‘significant’ drops in the number of rural...
bTB: dual host element ‘ignored for too long’
Bovine TB costs the UK Government £100 million a year and has a serious impact on the cattle farming industry. Targeting...
Calls for First Milk to reverse price cuts
"If everyone works together as an industry I am confident that the Scottish dairy sector will see market benefits both...
Liz Truss remains as Defra secretary
Elizabeth Truss has been re-appointed to Defra as environment secretary. Joined by George Eustice and Rory Stewart Elizabeth Truss has...