Archive for the World Farming News 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

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

Bovine Genome Spells Future Farming Transformation

The unravelling of the Hereford Cow's genome and the publication of its gene sequence could lead to serious transformation in future farming practices, scientists say. After a six year discovery, the cow genome has now joined the likes of humans, pri.. Read More

Cattle, Disease, World Farming News | 12.24.09 | 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

Will the Bee’s Manage to Pull Through?

Farmers, agriculturists and scientists around the world are worried. They are worried about falling bee numbers, about a destructive virus sweeping through productive colonies, about losing the biggest resource to every crop grower in the world. With.. Read More

Bees, Disease, Farming Associations, Uk Farming News, World Farming News | 04.28.09 | No Comments