Written by Agriland Team from Agriland
Vietnam has reported its first human infection with a low pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) A(H9N2) virus, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
This is a different sub-type of avian influenza than the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1).
The infection in Vietnam occurred in an adult with an underlying medical conditions who was hospitalised on March 16, 2024, and as of Friday, April 12, the patient...
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Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
Farm health and safety is a cultural issue and so needs to be embedded in farm workplace culture to combat agriculture’s “shockingly poor health and safety record”.
This is according to REAL Success, which provides recruitment services and people development support, primarily to the agriculture sector in the UK.
REAL Success chief executive Paul Harris said: “There is too much emphasis on compliance – filling in forms, having a health and...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) is aiming to inform the public of the “essential role” that livestock farming plays in looking after the environment.
Ahead of World Earth Day on Monday, April 22, HCC said it wants to highlight the “marked difference” in production systems across the world.
HCC head of sustainability and future policy, Rachael Madeley-Davies, said: “Welsh livestock farmers know that if you look after the...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The Soil Association has said the £35 million poultry manure management plan for the preservation of the River Wye is “likely to lead to problems elsewhere”.
The River Wye Action Plan was announced by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) last week, with the aim of enabling large poultry farms to export manure away from areas where they would otherwise cause excess pollution.
The £35 million in grant support is for...
Written by Claire Sammon from Agriland
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is warning that farmers are caught in a perfect storm, squeezed between margin pressures, high feed input costs, and limited supplies of both forage and bedding materials.
According to the organisation, the effects of prolonged wet conditions have been devastating, with financial and mental well-being concern growing among farmers.
UFU president and Fermanagh farmer, David Brown, said the challenges now being faced...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The bovine TB technical advisory group (TAG) for Wales will meet for the first time this week on Wednesday (April 17).
Prof Glyn Hewinson, who is the Sêr Cymru chair of the TB Centre of Excellence in Aberystwyth, will chair the TAG.
The Welsh government said it understands the impact bovine TB has on Welsh farmer’s mental health and have listened to the views of the farming community.
The TAG’s first priority will be to review the current...
Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine
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As increasingly technical sprayers become mainstream in the market, the future of widespread spot spraying looks set. CPM pinpoints some of the latest technologically advanced products to hit the market for a flavour of what’s around the corner.
By Melanie Jenkins
Accurate spray application can improve product use efficiency, optimise costs, aid plant health and help to mitigate environmental concerns.
Through the development of...
Written by Colm Ryan from Agriland
New regulations are to be placed on public bodies in Northern Ireland (NI) for carrying out climate change reporting duties.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Minister Andrew Muir has said these regulations will come into operation in early May 2024, 21 days after they are laid in the Assembly.
Minister Muir said these regulations that place climate change reporting duties on specified public bodies in line with duties...
There’s no such thing as a benign beef farm – so beware the ‘eco-friendly’ new film straight out of a storybook | George Monbiot
Written by George Monbiot from the Guardian
A highly misleading new documentary claims soil carbon storage can redeem the livestock industry – it’s all so much ‘moo-woo’
We draw our moral lines in arbitrary places. We might believe we’re guided only by universal values and proven facts, but often we’re swayed by deep themes of which we might be unaware. In...
Written by Agriland Team from Agriland
The Foyle Food Group’s ‘Farms of Excellence’ in Co. Tyrone, hosted a farm walk on Wednesday, April 10, with a US cattle rancher, renowned for his work in breeding feed-efficient cattle, in attendance.
The guest speaker was Jim Jensen who is the owner of Lucky 7 Angus, a 6-generation family ranch located high in the mountains of Boulder, Wyoming in the US.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Ag Business from the University of Wyoming in...
Written by Colm Ryan from Agriland
The Pedigree Cattle Trust are set to hold a meeting in Co. Armagh that will provide those attending with an update of research on bovine tuberculosis (bTB).
Cases of bTB are at an “all-time high,” according to the body, which represents the province’s main beef and dairy breed clubs, which has called for a more “structured, radical and effective approach in the fight against” bTB.
Brian Walker, chairman of the Pedigree Cattle Trust, said: “Bovine TB is...
Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland
Breeding season is fast approaching, and although the use of artificial insemination (AI) grows year-on-year, stock bulls still have a place on many farms.
There is an increased risk with having a bull on the farm, but there are also a number of benefits. The decision to have a bull or not will be made on an individual farm basis.
Breeding season
On farms where a stock bull is present, there are number of things that should be done before...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The National Farmers’ Union of Scotland (NFU Scotland) has set out its priorities for the UK general election this year in a manifesto issued to all political parties.
The NFU Scotland Manifesto 2024 sets out specific requirements that Scottish agriculture will need to help meet its “full potential”, the union said.
NFU Scotland said it is seeking clear manifesto commitments from all the main Westminster parties and is asking prospective UK...
Written by Agriland Team from Agriland
New research has revealed that newborn deer fawns differ both in sleeping patterns and the rate of development from birth on an individual basis, as we see in newborn human babies, in the first study of its kind by Queen’s University Belfast (QUB).
The researchers recorded the sleeping behaviour of free-ranging fallow deer fawns during the first five weeks of life at Phoenix Park in Dublin.
They used minimally-invasive biologging technology...
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With wet weather and flooding commonplace during the past few months, clubroot zoospores are at high risk of migration. CPM looks at the importance of crop husbandry and on-farm hygiene in preventing the spread of the disease and how this can work hand-in-hand with genetics.
By Janine Adamson
It’s a scientific fact that clubroot zoospores move through soil water, and of course, what’s been in abundance during the past six months? –...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society is seeking the county’s top “progressive farmers” for its Baron de Rutzen Award.
Farmers must demonstrate their farm’s use of the latest technology methods to promote progressive and sustainable agriculture.
The closing date for nominations and applications is at noon on Wednesday, May 29, 2024.
Pembrokeshire County Show president, Adam Thorne, said: “We are looking for local Pembrokeshire farmers...
Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland
Cows on the vast majority of farms have spent much longer in the shed than was expected by most, which has led to increased cases of lameness.
With the breeding season approaching on farms, a cow with a lameness issue will often struggle to go in calf.
Ahead of the planned start of mating, you should complete an assessment of your herd to identify cows with potential lameness issues.
Not only can it have a detrimental effect on dairy cow...
Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland
The use of a synchronisation programme may be a good option for dairy farmers this breeding season.
A programme can be used on the heifers and select cows, with them often being used on animals being served sexed semen.
Synchronisation programmes have developed due to a number of reasons, such as heifers on many farms being on out-blocks and the increased use of sexed semen.
There are a number of different programmes based on products used, but...
Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland
The use of a synchronisation programme may be a good option for dairy farmers this breeding season.
A programme can be used on the heifers and select cows, with them often being used on animals being served sexed semen.
Synchronisation programmes have developed due to a number of reasons, such as heifers on many farms being on out-blocks and the increased use of sexed semen.
There are a number of different programmes based on products used, but...
Written by Matt Hopkins from Precision Ag
It’s time for the agtech industry to provide agronomists, advisors, and growers with the tests they need to stop fungal infections early.
The post The Urgency of Rapid and Accurate In-Field Testing to Tackle Crop Diseases appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.
Continue reading on the Precision Ag Website...
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Tractor Chat #01 - with Direct Driller Magazine Farmer Focus writer Phil Rowbottom
Discussing direct drilling wheat, Oil seed rape growing in the UK, Fendt 724 tractor and his Sky Easy Drill.
Discussing direct drilling wheat, Oil seed rape growing in the UK, Fendt 724 tractor and his Sky Easy Drill.