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  • Re: Nigel Marven - proud to have mud on his boots?

    Yes our border controls don't seem to have the rigour, when it comes to diseases and food, that you get in NZ or Australia. When arriving at either of those countries you are left in no doubt about the seriousness with which they take biosecurity - even going as far as sniffer dogs for that purpose...
    Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by Julian Gairdner on Mon, Apr 7 2008

  • Nigel Marven - proud to have Brazilian mud on his boots?

    I've just been watching a recording of Friday Night with Jonathan Ross featuring naturalist Nigel Marven . Great filmmaker he is but his boast in the studio to be wearing a pair of boots dirtied by Brazilian mud suggests more than a little wrecklessness when it comes to disease preventiion. I'd...
    Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by Julian Gairdner on Sun, Apr 6 2008

  • DEFRA officials being offered 'golden handshakes' of more than £150k

    Hundreds of DEFRA officials are being offered early redundancy as part of the department's emergency cost-saving measures. The package, which includes pensions of £40,000 a year for life, a lump sum of three times their pension and an additional lump sum of up to £30,000, is being used to tempt 300...
    Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by emily on Tue, Nov 27 2007

  • Do DEFRA employees deserve a higher pay increase?

    DEFRA employees are to vote on possible strike action, after rejecting a pay offer which equates to just 2.9% overall. In light of the 'triple whammy' of disease the industry has faced with foot and mouth, bluetongue and avian flu, union members are arguing this is a 'sorry reward' for...
    Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by emily on Mon, Nov 26 2007

  • Re: Foot-and-mouth - latest developments including overnight news

    Another leak at Pirbright last week. When is this place going to be closed down before it finally closes down all farmers struggling to cope with the effects of their last error. Pigs making £2 per head! sheep and cattle no better. We all need help and another leak is not going to give confidence to...
    Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by miss piggy on Thu, Nov 22 2007

  • Re: New foot and mouth leak?

    All fair comment Jacobus, my concern though is that the leak occurred, and Merial were aware of it, on Monday 19 November. But Merial didn't inform DEFRA until 4pm on Tuesday 20 November - too greater time delay in my book. Surely even if it happened late on the Monday it would have been the first...
    Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by top tup on Thu, Nov 22 2007

  • New foot and mouth leak?

    Straight from the BBC: 'Probable' new farm disease leak A "probable" new leak of the foot-and-mouth virus has been reported from an animal health facility in Surrey, the government has said. In a written statement, Environment Secretary Hilary Benn said investigators were sent to the...
    Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by Isabel Davies on Thu, Nov 22 2007

  • Foot and mouth/ bluetongue control zones - a bit of humour

    I thought you might enjoy this piece written by FW columnist Stephen Carr. It is his alternative guide to all the restrictions in place. "You may have found the latest DEFRA announcements concerning changes to foot-and-mouth movement restrictions rather confusing. Always ready to assist my farming...
    Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by Isabel Davies on Fri, Nov 16 2007

  • Re: Blue Tongue Control Zones

    I'm afraid there is more bad news to come for the south east. On 15 November the export rules will change again and they won't do anyone in the former F&M risk zone any favours at all, in fact they'll put us further back in terms of prime sales than we are now. I was shown a map defining...
    Posted to Animal banter (Forum) by top tup on Fri, Nov 2 2007

  • Should farmers be faced with a £40m animal disease bill?

    DEFRA secretary of state Hilary Benn announced yesterday (Thursday 25 October) English livestock farmers will face a future bill of £40m a year as their contribution to the cost of animal disease outbreaks ( see FWi's article ). The announcement has been met with strong opposition from both government...
    Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by emily on Fri, Oct 26 2007
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