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Meat Info: Pig producers recognised for welfare commitment
Nine pig producers were honoured for their commitment to pig welfare at Compassion in World Farming’s (CIWF) prestigious Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards in London last week, with 15 companies in total scooping Good Pig Awards.
Read moreFood Manufacture: Government strategy needed to help food firms innovate
Skills, research and development (R&D) and access to funding need to be combined into a ‘proper agri-food strategy’ in order to feed people in Britain and abroad in the years to come. That was the consensus of a debate held at the Labour Party…
Read moreTelegraph: Farmers fight back against 'BBC bias' around badger cull
Farmers have written to the BBC to complain about bias in its reporting of the planned badger cull
Read moreGrocer: Compassion in World Farming joins milk protests
Animal welfare campaigners have thrown in their lot with those battling to win a better deal for Britain’s dairy farmers.
Read moreGrocer: Sainsbury's pig trial wins CIWF award
Sainsbury’s has won a major animal welfare award for its work in trialling a higher-welfare pig breeding system.
Read moreFarmers Weekly: Sniffer dogs to detect bovine TB?
Specially trained sniffer dogs could be used to detect badgers infected with bovine tuberculosis - helping to stop the spread of the disease in cattle.
Read moreMeat Info: Consumers need better packaging education, scientist says
Consumers need to be better educated about packaging systems that could improve the eating quality of meat and reduce waste, a leading meat scientist has said.
Read moreMeat Info: Sheep and cattle producers warned against fluke
English beef and sheep producers are being warned to take action against a costly disease this autumn.
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