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04 February 2016
Global Dairy Trade Auction Sees Further Price FallsGLOBAL - This week's Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction saw a further fall of 7.4 per cent in the GDT Price Index from the previous event....
01 February 2016
Marks & Spencer, Waitrose Top List for Farm Animal WelfareGLOBAL - Noble Foods, Marks & Spencer, Waitrose and Coop Group (Switzerland) have attained the highest marks in the global Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare report....
29 January 2016
Genetic Diversity of Livestock Will Help Feed a Hotter, Harsher WorldGLOBAL - Livestock keepers and policy makers worldwide are increasingly interested in harnessing animal biodiversity to improve production and food security on a warmer, more crowded planet, according to a new FAO report. The agency nonetheless warns...
Antibiotics and Safeguarding Animal Health: ‘As Much as Necessary, as Little as Possible’GLOBAL - Following the landmark resolution made at the World Economic Forum in Davos to tackle antibiotic resistance, HealthforAnimals has renewed its call to promote the responsible use of antibiotics, and communicate the importance of veterinary medicine...
Remote Atlantic Island Looks for Agricultural AdvisorGLOBAL - The inhabitants of the world’s remotest inhabited island have called on the NFU to find them a farmer to come and improve agriculture....
19 January 2016
Latest Bluetongue Reports: More French Cases, Brazil Finds Zoo OutbreakGLOBAL - In the last few weeks, various countries around the world have reported bluetongue outbreaks....
11 January 2016
Boehringer Ingelheim to Acquire MerialGLOBAL - On 15 December 2015, Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) announced that it had entered an agreement with Sanofi to swap businesses. The deal will see Boehringer acquire Merial, making the combined company the second largest animal health company....
08 January 2016
Food Prices Fell in 2015 as Global Economy DwindledGLOBAL - Prices of major food commodities declined for the fourth year in a row in 2015, averaging 19.1 per cent below their previous-year's levels, as the dwindling global economy also triggered sharp price falls from metals to energy markets....
Latest Foot and Mouth Reports: Iran, Saudi ArabiaGLOBAL - The latest Foot and Mouth Disease outbreaks to be reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) occurred in Saudi Arabia and Iran....
06 January 2016
Global Dairy Trade Auction Price FallsGLOBAL - This week's Global Dairy Trade (GDT) Price Index showed a fall of 1.6 per cent compared with the previous trading event....
What's the Biggest Challenge for Sustainable Beef?ANALYSIS - The biggest challenge for sustainable beef is taking practical applications to the grass-roots level, said Karl Williams, Operations Director at FAI Farms UK....
30 December 2015
Climate Change and Your Food: Ten FactsGLOBAL - Here are ten facts about how a change climate affects our ability to grow food and feed ourselves....
Top Ten Dairy Features of 2015Click the links below to read this year's most popular dairy features, including some interesting tips for dairy producers....
29 December 2015
Top Ten Beef Features of 2015This year's most popular articles about beef production are centred around efficiency and health. Click on the links below to find out more....
25 December 2015
Merry Christmas to All Our Readers!Best wishes for the holiday season to all our readers around the world....
23 December 2015
El Niño Lowers Early Production Outlook in Southern AfricaGLOBAL - Crop and livestock production prospects in Southern Africa have been weakened by the El Niño weather phenomenon that has lowered rains and increased temperatures....
Global Trade Ministers Move to End Agriculture Export SubsidiesGLOBAL - An agreement by World Trade Organisation (WTO) member states through the recently adopted "Nairobi Package" started a move towards eliminating export subsidies involving agricultural products....
22 December 2015
Latest Bluetongue Reports: More Outbreaks in France, HungaryEUROPE - Outbreaks of Bluetongue continue to be reported in Europe, with 22 new outbreaks reported in France and two in Hungary last week....
21 December 2015
Vaccination Push in South Africa as FMD Outbreak ReportedSOUTH AFRICA - South Africa is the latest country to report an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), after cattle with clinical signs of the disease were found in the Limpopo region....
18 December 2015
Positive Movement in Global Dairy Trade AuctionGLOBAL - This week's Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction showed a 1.9 per cent increase in the GDT price index from the previous event....
17 December 2015
Tight Supply Will Support Global 2016 Beef Prices, Rabobank SaysGLOBAL - Tight beef supply will support prices in 2016, as demand is expected to remain firm even though supply pressure is easing, a report from Rabobank suggests....
14 December 2015
Bluetongue Outbreaks Reported in Turkey, Bosnia and HerzegovinaGLOBAL - Bluetongue disease has been reported on cattle and sheep farms in Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the latest reports to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)....
Breakthrough Climate Agreement Supports Food SecurityGLOBAL - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva welcomed the approval of the Paris Agreement on climate change, saying that "for the first time ever, food security features in a global climate change accord."...
11 December 2015
Latest Foot and Mouth Reports: Two Cases in Israeli CattleISRAEL - Israel has reported two cases of Foot and Mouth Disease in a 65-strong herd of free-ranging beef cattle....
09 December 2015
Severe Flooding Hits Farmers in Britain and IrelandUK, IRELAND - Farming organisations in the UK and Ireland are calling on governments to ensure farmers are remembered during the clean-up operation, following severe flooding in both countries caused by Storm Desmond....
08 December 2015
COOL Retaliation Amounts DecidedGLOBAL - The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has reached a decision on the amount that Canada and Mexico are allowed to claim from the US in retaliatory tariffs, due to Country of Origin Labelling (COOL)....
07 December 2015
New Study Reveals Prolonged and Significant Milk Yield Reduction From IBRGLOBAL - Dairy cows that have been exposed to the virus that causes Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR) have been shown in a new study to produce 2.6 litres per day less milk throughout the entire lactation, despite showing few or no signs of the...
MSD Animal Health Presents Fatigued Cattle Syndrome WebinarGLOBAL - MSD Animal Health, known as Merck Animal Health in the US, recently sponsored a webinar, “Fatigued Cattle Syndrome: What You Need to Know,” presented by Dan Thomson, D.V.M., Ph.D., the Jones Professor of Production Medicine and Epidemiology...
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