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Are we going back to the future?

Looking at what has happened since the reshuffle I can't help but wonder if we are going back to the future. If responsibility for climate change has been taken from DEFRA then it leaves it concentrating on food, the environment and rural affairs which strikes me isn't all that far away from...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by Isabel Davies on Tue, Oct 7 2008
Bovine TB Vaccine

Hi,my name is Michaela, I'm a PhD student at the University of Sheffield and I'm taking part in a Bioscience enterprise competition and just wandered if I could get some views from cattle farmers. Our idea is a novel way of delivering vaccines in cattle, and we have chosen specifically to target...

Posted to Animal banter (Forum) by michaela on Wed, Sep 24 2008
Labour Party conference

I'm in Manchester at the moment for the Labour Party conference and I've just spent the last few hours following DEFRA secretary Hilary Benn to various fringe meetings and Q&A sessions. It felt like he said a lot in all that time, but now I'm writing my notes back I've realised there...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by caroline stocks on Sun, Sep 21 2008
Re: Harvest progress

Just got news that DEFRA has decided to give farmers a derogation because of the weather: Following a request from farming representatives Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has granted a temporary exemption from the cross compliance standard to enable farmers to use mechanical equipment and vehicles...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by Isabel Davies on Wed, Sep 10 2008
Re: Defra appeal so as not to pay for Pedigree Cattle

Defra are going round in circles. Nothing new there, I hear you say. They want to wash their hands of Animal Disease cost yet are not giving any support to encourage this. Should there be a levy on the processors to encourage British Famers to stay in business. Only 25% of the profit the comsumer pays...

Posted to Animal banter (Forum) by viewfromtheothersideofthefence on Fri, Aug 8 2008
Georgina Downs taking on DEFRA in the High Court

Over the next couple of days pesticide campaigner Georgian Downs is appearing in the High Court as part of a legal challenge against DEFRA. For the last 7 years, Ms. Downs, who runs the UK Pesticides Campaign ( www.pesticidescampaign.co.uk ), has been campaigning to highlight what she says is the Government...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by Isabel Davies on Wed, Jul 16 2008
"Mysophobia" means a pig needs wellies!

Did you see that extraordinary TV report about the pig that can't stand getting its feet dirty? In case you missed it, check this out... www.pighealth.com/offers/welfare.htm Mysophobia refers to a pathological fear of contact with dirt, contamination or "germs" (also known as "germophobia"...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Tue, Jun 17 2008
CAP health check - join the consultation

DEFRA has launched a 12 week consutation into the CAP "health check", seeking views on what the EU Commission has proposed. In a nutshell, the EU Commission is seeking the following changes to the CAP: Changes to make the direct aid system more effective * Member states may change from a historical...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by phil clarke on Wed, Jun 11 2008
Re: Bluetongue vaccine ordering

Just in from DEFRA: Defra has today issued a tender for 13 million additional doses of Bluetongue vaccine, eight million for use in England and five million for use in Wales. Under EU law, vaccination is only allowed in a Protection Zone. The Bluetongue vaccination plan sets out how vaccination will...

Posted to Animal banter (Forum) by Isabel Davies on Wed, May 7 2008
Government makes its views known on way forward for the CAP

The government has just published its thoughts on what it would like to see achieved by the CAP 'health check'. The full document is only five pages long so is worth a read but the section on what it wants to see to help bring improvements to the Single Payment Scheme is particularly interesting...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by Isabel Davies on Mon, Apr 7 2008

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