Reliance On Meat Imports Grows
UK - Manufacturing industries in the UK have been in decline for many years, with the economy increasingly focused on the financial sector.

BEIC Welcome Decision To Move Free Range Indoors
UK - The British Egg Industry Council (BEIC) has welcomed Defra’s decision to order free range birds inside within a limited area on the Suffolk/Norfolk borders, as both appropriate and timely to protect flocks from the risk of bird flu.

The Economic Pressures Awaiting Producers
UK - The poultry producers of the near future will face great economic turmoil, not due to the recent drama of Avian Influenza, but the threat of rising feed cost. This is the concern of Ted Wright, Chairman of the British Poultry Council, expressed in...

Bird Ban Lifted
UK - The ban on bird gatherings, shows and pigeon racing has been lifted in some areas of the UK.

Defra Specialists to Vote on Action Over Poor Pay?
UK - Animal health specialists at the forefront of the UK's fight against foot and mouth and avian flu are to ballot on industrial action after rejecting a pay offer that would deny any increase to the most experienced staff.

UFU Respond to EU Health Check Proposals
UK - The Ulster Farmers’ Union says it will be encouraging the EU Commission to deliver stability and simplification for farmers, following today’s launch of the Commissions CAP Health Check Proposals.

Restrictions On Bird Gatherings Eased
UK - The ban on bird gatherings imposed as a precautionary measure following the outbreak of avian influenza in Suffolk it to be lifted.

Minister Addresses BVA As Disease Takes Centre Stage
IRELAND - The Northern Irish Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Michelle Gildernew MP, MLA has addressed the British Veterinary Association (BVA).

NFU Launches Fun Packed UK Turkey Website
UK - Christmas comes but once a year, so why not make it extra special with a traditional farm fresh turkey forming the centrepiece of your meal.

Record Feed Price Rises Threaten Livestock Sectors
UK - Do not expect to get a lift from reading the NFU Economics Department’s latest quarterly Farming Outlook.

Celebrity Chefs Give A Roasting To 'Cruel' Producers
UK - As rival celebrity chefs, they are more used to taking potshots at each other. But now Channel 4's culinary "three tenors" - Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsay and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall - are joining forces for a campaigning season which will "challenge...

Rural Economy Will Pay For Bird Flu
UK - A leading agricultural and rural lawyer has warned that the economic impact of Avian Influenza upon the countryside if the viral disease spreads to the Midlands would be extremely serious, reports FarmingUK.

"Keeping H5N1 Avian Influenza Out" - Advice for UK Poultry Farmers
SUFFOLK - With the highly pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) virus confirmed on a poultry farm in Suffolk, global veterinary biosecurity expert, DuPont Animal Health Solutions (DAHS) is providing UK farmers with important advice on how to protect valuable...

UK to Boost Fees For Meat Inspections
UK - Slaughterhouses in the UK could soon face an 8 per cent increase in hygiene inspection charges, under proposals made by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).

H5N1 Confirmed At Second Premises
UK - Laboratory test results have today confirmed H5N1 Avian Influenza in turkeys at one of the Dangerous Contact premises. These premises were confirmed as a Dangerous Contact, and placed under restriction, on 14th November. Culling was completed on...

£50 For A Turkey This Christmas
UK - A turkey big enough to feed a family could cost £50 this Christmas.

Farmers' Anger At £40m Disease Control Levy
UK - Farmers face having to pay an extra £40 million a year to the Government to offset the costs of dealing with animal diseases such as foot and mouth, bluetongue and bird flu, it has been confirmed.

Crisis Meeting For Egg Producers
UK - Rising feed prices and increased regulation were the main topics under discussion at a recent crisis meeting organised by the NFU for egg producers in Yorkshire and the North East.

Soil Association Speaks Out About Flu Outbreak
UK - The outbreak has so far has been isolated to a free-range farm in Suffolk producing turkeys, geese and ducks.

EU Applies Control measures On UK Poultry
UK - Following confirmation of an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in a flock of turkeys at the border of Suffolk and Norfolk in the UK, the Commission has today adopted a Decision defining the risk area and confirming the control measures...

Flu Vaccinations For Poultry Workers: Vein Promises?
UK - Avian Influenza has come to the fore yet again. One constructive measure that came out of the general panic last year was that the government decided, for the first time, to provide free flu vaccinations for all poultry workers, says Farming UK....

Livestock Hangs In The Balance Of Farmgate Prices
UK - Record increases in feed prices driven by a tightened balance in supply and demand rather than exchange rate fluctuations threaten the long-term viability of some livestock sectors unless farmgate prices adjust accordingly, the NFU Economics Department's...

Award Recognises Lifetime Achievements
UK - Peter Dean, described as playing a central role in reshaping egg packing and retailing through more than two decades, is the 25th recipient of the prestigious ISABROWN award for services to the poultry industry.

Winner For Pfizer Poultry Trainee Of Year
COVENTRY - A new award worth £2000 for the Pfizer Poultry Trainee of the Year has been won by Christopher Rees, who manages a broiler breeder farm in Cambridgeshire for Moy Park.

Declaration Of Second Temporary Control Zone
UK - The Chief Veterinary Officer has advised the Secretary of State that he suspects that highly pathogenic avian influenza virus of the H5 subtype is present in poultry in Great Britain and the neuraminidase virus type is N1.