Archive for the Animal Health and Welfare Category

EU Calls for ban on cloned meat from USA

The European Union currently imports around two billion pounds (sterling) of beef and thirty million pounds (sterling) of semen every year from America. Recent agricultural news reports state that animal cloning is widespread and unregulated in the U.. Read More

Animal Health and Welfare, World Farming News | 09.21.10 | No Comments

Marks & Spencers to Award Dairy Farmers for High Welfare Standards

Food retailer, Marks & Spencers has announced a new scheme to reward dairy farmers, which supply the retailer store with fresh milk, for achieving and maintaining the highest levels of animal health and welfare. The scheme, known as the Milk P.. Read More

Animal Health and Welfare, Cattle, Uk Farming News | 04.26.10 | No Comments

Battery Style Dairy Farms to Come to the UK

Battery Style Dairy Farms to Come to the UK

[caption id="attachment_106" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="British Dairy Farmers"][/caption] A controversial proposal for a massive cattle farm has been met an angry response from some sectors who are calling it cruel. The proposal would .. Read More

Animal Health and Welfare, Cattle, Uk Farming News, World Farming News | 03.13.10 | No Comments

Egyptian Pig Farmers Suffer From Swine Flu

The confusion over the severity, and possible spread, of Swine Flu continues. Depending on what papers or articles you read, which television coverage you watch or what you have seen through the internet, a multitude of conclusions can be drawn. Bu.. Read More

Animal Health and Welfare, Disease, Pigs, World Farming News | 05.16.09 | No Comments

Just How Much of a Swine Will This Flu Be?

The nation seems to be awash with Swine Flu this week. Well not literally, as yet, but it certainly seems to be occupying many minds, and be the top topic of conversations amongst the population. In fact the words 'credit crunch' seem to have been .. Read More

Animal Health and Welfare, Disease, Pigs, Uk Farming News | 05.3.09 | No Comments

Busy Bees

Defra has announced major new funding into the protection and rejuvenation of the bee population. The joint project will mean that £10 Million will be made available, seemingly for research, and is a initiative between the Biotechnology and Biologi.. Read More

Animal Health and Welfare, Bees, Disease, Farming Associations, Uk Farming News | 04.22.09 | No Comments