New powers to crack down on puppy smuggling and increased protections for farm animals will be brought in under new...
June 8, 2021
National Farmers’ Union (NFU) president Minette Batters has said the government must apply the same standards to imports as it...
May 12, 2021
The UK will ban live exports of animals for fattening and slaughter as part of a new law on animal...
New research led by Queen’s University Belfast has found that total confinement systems may negatively impact the ‘optimism’ of dairy...
March 18, 2021
Proposals have been floated for an all-island animal cruelty register to crack down on banned animal keepers moving between jurisdictions to...
March 17, 2021
NFU Scotland (NFUS) president Martin Kennedy has urged farmers and crofters to respond directly to damaging the Department for Environment,...
February 23, 2021
Any regulatory changes introduced as a result of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) consultation on the...
February 3, 2021
Farm animal welfare experts from the UK and the Netherlands joined to discuss priorities, best practice and policy in a...
January 28, 2021
The recently published Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture Alliance (RUMA) ‘Targets Task Force Report 2020’ confirms that sales of...
January 18, 2021
A new theory from researchers at the School of Biological Sciences at Queen’s University Belfast suggests animals experience emotions much...
December 31, 2020
On Monday, October 12, MPs will vote on key amendments to the Agriculture Bill, changes which were recently supported by...
October 12, 2020
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has strengthened its haulage assurance scheme by making some key additions to the standards document. New...
September 2, 2020
A Scottish veterinary investigations officer has beaten strong competition from around the country with a virtual pitch for a gadget...
July 12, 2020
New standards unveiled for the Rainforest Alliance’s sustainability certification tackle some of the darkest issues affecting agriculture in developing countries, such as child...
June 30, 2020
Listening to the sounds made by chicks could help identify welfare problems at an early stage, according to new research...
June 28, 2020
The European Parliament is set to establish a committee of inquiry on animal welfare standards during transport, and possible breaches...
June 17, 2020
UK veterinary practices will offer emergency care only as measures ramp up against the Covid-19 pandemic. In a joint statement,...
March 26, 2020
First Milk has today announced the launch of a new initiative to proactively promote dairy farming and First Milk to...
March 15, 2020
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