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  • 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

  • Re: Possible changes to HLS and ELS

    Hi there, Sorry if this is in wrong place (Im new to this) and I wanted to make sure its on any parts of this website which are to do with this and as this section is about changes to ELS/HLS I thought this would be the best place to put it. I am a student studying Environmental science at university...
    Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by student@mmu on Fri, Mar 28 2008

  • Help needed on farmers views towards agri-environmental schemes

    Hi there, I am a student studying Environmental science at university and am in serious need of a bit more data for a project I am doing for ECM. If any of you have a couple of minutes (if that) could you please fill in the answers to the following questions (very small questionnaire)? 1. What size is...
    Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by student@mmu on Fri, Mar 28 2008

  • Help needed on farmers views towards agri-environmental schemes

    Hi there, I am a student studying Environmental science at university and am in serious need of a bit more data for a project I am doing for ECM. If any of you have a couple of minutes (if that) could you please fill in the answers to the following questions (very small questionnaire)? 1. What size is...
    Posted to Crop comments (Forum) by student@mmu on Fri, Mar 28 2008

  • Food from Britain to end as result of DEFRA cuts

    I'm a member of the countryside alliance (insurance purposes) and i have just recieved my email update-i read this - The news that the Government-backed body, Food From Britain, is to be wound down within the next year shows yet another case of woeful mismanagement by DEFRA. Food from Britain (FFB...
    Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by matty s on Thu, Mar 27 2008
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