Loading ...The Ministry of Agriculture in Holland has confirmed that three farms have bluetongue virus serotype six (BTV-6). Bluetongue type six has not previously been found in Europe.
The Dutch Ministry of Agriculture said: “The type of bluetongue detected earlier this week in eastern Netherlands appears to be type six. The voluntary vaccination campaign undertaken in the [...]
Following the replacement of the Dairy UK chairman and the NFU’s tough stance on the decision, the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) have added their voice to the growing concerns about the future of the organisation.
Lyndon Edwards, RABDF chairman, recognised the need to give the new chairman the benefit of the doubt but [...]
The NFU has taken a strong stand over the replacement of David Curry (Tory MP) as independent Chairman of Dairy UK.
Gwyn Jones, NFU Dairy Board Chairman and board member of Dairy UK, has also resigned his board position with Dairy UK over the decision.
The NFU will no longer have an involvement in or support Dairy [...]
Two cases of bluetongue have been confirmed in imported rams on two premises in Souther England, they are the first bluetongue cases in the UK this summer.
The infected rams both come from the same farm in a bluetongue restricted zone in central France and the virus was detected after routine post-movement testing by Defra on [...]
Defra have announced that a protocol on the conditions for the export of UK pig meat to China has been signed.
China did not lift their restrictions on British meat imports, following the foot and mouth crisis in UK, until early August 2008, so this protocol is an important step in our trading relationship.
It has taken [...]