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Search results for: animal welfare updates
MMN March 2025 – Milk Market Update
…uses a specially modified telehandler bucket and moving technique to minimise risk of injury to both the cow and personnel when dealing with downer cows, helping improve their overall welfare….
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Building Resilience into your Business
…and up-to-date source of information for farmers, crofters, rural professionals, students and consultants. Read this summary of funding available for carbon audits, soil sampling and animal health & welfare options….
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Meeting Your Market – Milk Hygiene Quality
…also benefit the herd by helping lower the incidence of mastitis infections, improve milk sales and animal welfare, while reducing the culling rate and veterinary costs. The key factors influencing…
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Risk of Schmallenberg in Lambing Flocks and Calving Herds this Spring
Schmallenberg virus (SBV) is transmitted by the biting insects of the Culicoides family (midge) and can cross the placenta to infect foetuses. Foetal deformities can occur if an animal is…
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Agribusiness News November 2022 – Policy Briefs
…the recent Free Trade Agreement negotiations with the UK and the EU, New Zealand MPs have approved a new ‘Animal Welfare Amendment’ Bill banning live exports by sea on the…
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Autumn Insights for New Entrants to Farming
…essential to manage slurry and manure removal consistently to maintain hygiene and animal welfare. Whether you’re learning about crop establishment, livestock care, or seasonal land management, connecting with experienced farmers…
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Milk Manager News September 2022 – The Importance of an Open Area for Lying Down in Dairy Cows
…prefer open lying areas over cubicles and the provision of which could better cater for the behavioural needs of housed dairy cows and improve housed dairy cow welfare. Figure 3….
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Agribusiness News September 2022 – Policy Briefs
…communities. Given the importance of livestock within Scottish agriculture, the consultation process is seeking views on making subsidy payments that establish minimum standards for animal health and welfare. Proposals to…
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Agribusiness News August 2022 – Sector Focus: Poultry Update
…between the 29th November 2021 and 2nd May 2022 a loss to livestock welfare as much as incomes. BFREPA estimates that 1.8m laying hens have been taken out of production…
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Funding Support for Organic Farming
…you are interested in joining this movement, keen to eliminate the use of synthetic pesticides and enhance animal welfare and biodiversity on your farm or croft converting to or maintaining…
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