Fera Science, the York-based organisation which provides expert science services to support the food, agriculture and environmental sectors, is marking its 10th anniversary as a public-private sector joint venture business. The Food...
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) continues to investigate an outbreak of botulism in cattle, which has been linked to animal feed. The incident is reported to have caused the deaths of over 700 cattle, with the FSA and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)...
Key public bodies are insufficiently prepared for a major animal disease outbreak and would be likely to struggle to cope with one, warns Parliament’s National Audit Office (NAO). The NAO report, Resilience to Animal Diseases, notes...
Livetec Systems has launched a new digital platform, Livestock Protect, designed to help poultry producers better plan to prevent notifiable disease outbreaks. The business intends to extend the concept to other livestock species....
Post-Brexit changes to the rules covering the import of seeds into the UK are causing uncertainty and delays which could undermine the ability of breeders to trial the latest varieties of oilseed rape (OSR) in the UK this year, warns...
Independent plant breeder Bill Angus of F1 Seeds has voiced his frustration with the current impasse around the introduction of forage oats into the UK. He questions the rationale of the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) in...