animal disease

Farmers have praised Kivells Agriculture for their professionalism in handling the situation

NFU poultry board chair, James Mottershead said AI vaccination programme for birds need to be safe to give consumers the confidence to continue eating poultry products, and must not disrupt exports

Phase 3 of the field trials will take place on commercial cattle farms in areas of England and Wales, where there is a low incidence of bTB and are set to be completed in 2026/7

The NFU plea coincides with the first suspected bird flu outbreak of the season in Northern Ireland, which was recorded among a commercial flock in Co Tyrone

Farmers are urged to stay vigilant this lambing and calving season after cases of Schmallenberg have been identified in southern Scotland

Chartered environmental health practitioner and regulatory consultant, Helen Buckingham, said it took seven days for systems to be updated and 'things got through'

Defra has also announced new housing measures in York, North Yorkshire and Shropshire

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on the confirmed case of avian influenza found in a farm worker in the West Midlands, discusses the reaction from the growers and the wider farming industry to the ban on neonicotinoid Cruiser SB on sugar beet crops, and an update on the latest analysis done by AHDB, which found over 42,000 farmers in England and Scotland will be hit by the Chancellor's Inheritance Tax changes

The UK Health and Security Agency said the individual had close and prolonged contact with a large number of infected birds

The trade association said this action was ‘imperative' to protect the nation's livestock from imminent disease threats