RESEARCHERS at Defra's Animal Health agency have developed a test which could prevent future mass culls in the event of another foot and mouth outbreak.Read
FARM shops, holiday cottages and visitor centres were all around 10 years ago but not in the numbers we see today. A decade after the devastating foot-and-mouth outbreak, around half of the UK's farms now run some sort of diversification.Read
MEMBERS of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) in the region have shared their memories of foot-and-mouth disease online to mark the 10th anniversary of the tragedy.Read
CATACLYSMIC events within agriculture can have a far-reaching impact across broad sections of society. Flood, drought, crop failure and earthquake have recently left nature’s imprint on our consciousness.Read
A NEW partnership board made up of Defra officials, farming and animal health experts has emerged as the favourite method to deal with outbreaks of disease such as the 2001 foot and mouth crisis.Read
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