Top price of the day 20,000gns went to Graham Morgan, Cider Mill, Tillington, Herefordshire with the Intermediate Male Champion, Almeley Ginola, a 24 month old black & white son by Drybarrows Cawdale

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Another 6,000 cattle have been slaughtered due to tuberculosis so far in 2013, new Defra figures have shown.

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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has adopted a positive scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of Biomin® BBSH 797. Part of the well- established Mycofix® product line, this microorganism is capable of biotransforming trichothecenes into harmless metabolites.

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BOCM sponsored calf show and sale

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Show champion was the first prize British Blue-cross bull calf from Andrew Ogden, of Sandyforth Farm, Cowling. The four-week-old is himself by a former Skipton British Blue champion, Towngate Fly, from West Yorkshire breeders Tim and Lisa Metcalfe, of Town Bottom Farm, Clayton, Bradford.

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North-east members of the Butchers Q Guild served up some sizzling successes, as they did battle in the regional finals of a national barbecue competition.

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FARMERS clear of cattle TB could benefit hugely from a new herd health information idea recommended by the the industry-led Risk-Based Trading Group (RBTG) in England.

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A parliamentary inquiry has revealed more robust scientific data and a standard model to measure carbon sequestration is needed to help the beef and lamb sector meet the twin challenges of sustainable food production and reducing its environmental impact.

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The forum, which replaces the current Halal Steering Group, will meet twice a year and be open for anyone involved in halal lamb or beef production

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Leading UK poultry company Moy Park has been named ‘Processor of the Year’ at the UK Pig and Poultry Marketing Awards.

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meatconnected.com, connects over 600 professionals from global meat companies through an innovative online environment. Companies such as Samworth Brothers, ABP Food Group, Carrefour Spain, Hilton Food Group, Danish Crown, Tesco, Woodhead/Morrisons, Greencore, Dutch Grill Specialities, Dunbia, Foyle Food Group, Goodmeat B.V., Jean Floc’h, Pukka Pies and many more have members on the system daily.

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At this week’s Beef Expo 2013 (Thursday 23 May) farmers will be able to get information and advice from Natural England staff and see exhibits and meet representatives from other organisations on a joint ‘one-stop’ information stand.

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The NBA are pleased to announce that Beef EXPO 2014 will be held at Hexham Mart, Hexham, Northumberland on Thursday the 22nd of May 2014 with farm tours taking place the day before on Wednesday the 21st of May.

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The world’s first real live pig feed is broadcast on a large format outdoor advertising screen in London this week to raise donations and support for the farm animal welfare charity, Compassion in World Farming.

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HID Globa, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, today announced it will present its solutions for secure access control together with parent company ASSA ABLOY, under the Motto “Access your world” at IFSEC Birmingham.

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Limousin bull sale at Carlisle

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A new Pig Industry Scholarship at Harper Adams University is aiming to help raise the profile of the exciting range of career opportunities in the pig industry, covering the allied industries as well as pig production.

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Beef and lamb sector trends and developments will be highlighted at major industry event organised by EBLEX and agri benchmark.

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The sale conducted by Kivells and Husseys is one of the largest in the UK for commercial early lambing ewes and it also combines pedigree rams and ewes.

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The British Sandwich Association has updated its logo around the Union Jack to identify it more closely with the British heritage of the sandwich.

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Farmers on the Sainsbury’s milk, beef and lamb scheme are being offered a cash-back incentive to use top-rated grass varieties that will improve their production efficiency.

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British Goose Producers has appointed John Franklin as new chairman of the company, Franklin who has been rearing geese for Christmas on his farm in Bedfordshire for the past 25 years. He succeeds Eddie Hegarty, of Norfolk Geese, who has been chairman for the past three years.

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With farming facing many important changes, this year’s seminar programme has been designed to look in detail at these challenges and opportunities.

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Leeds butcher Steve Martin is the new president of the Confederation of Yorkshire Butchers Councils (CYBC) during its milestone 50th anniversary year and the landmark 25th staging of its most high profile event – the annual Great Yorkshire Pork Pie, Sausage & Products Competition.

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EXMOOR Red Ruby cattle and sheep farmer and butcher Simon David is leading a half-day course in lamb butchery later this month.

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Some 120 Limousin cattle will be on parade at Craven Cattle Marts’ annual two-day showpiece at Skipton Auction Mart, on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 14 and 15, one of the early season highlights for breed devotees.

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FIREFIGHTERS in Shropshire have been undergoing training at Harper Adams University to help them develop further skills for handling large animals in emergency situations.

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Growing urbanisation of the countryside is leading to planning applications for traditional part-time pig units meeting with opposition, says the National Pig Association.

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Hermitage Seaborough new AI facility

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Private equity firm Electra Partners is selling out of animal tagging company Allflex after 14 years, banking the rewards from ever stricter livestock controls prompted by a string of food scares.

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Beef farmers finishing cattle from the dairy herd will have the chance to enhance their knowledge of topical subjects which can have a significant impact on their profitability.

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Heat lamp for premature calves

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A halal lamb burger made by a company supplying Leicester schools contained up to 50% pork, the city council has confirmed today.

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The South East and South West Wales Regional TB Eradication Delivery Boards have joined in the fight against bovine TB in Wales by launching a pilot scheme to encourage farmers to share details of new TB incidence on their premises with their neighbours.

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Except drug companies sell annual band aid solutions

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Internal audits provide a means for improvement whilst ensuring quality. All quality systems need frequent checking (internal audit) to make sure they are working as intended.

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Ten thousand visitors attended the recent Plumpton College open day. This is a working college event, offering an ideal opportunity to meet staff and students and find out more about courses, career opportunities, fees, funding and student accommodation.

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Almost 100 South Devon cattle from 25 pedigree herds have been entered for the South Devon breed's annual national show, being hosted at next week's Devon County Show.

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Watch out Johnny Foreigner – if you try bringing illegal pig meat into our shores PC Pork will have you. My flippancy is all about our pig industry's move to start checking that pork from illegal EU farms is not entering the British food chain.

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n February the budget to 2020 was agreed. In March both the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers reached general agreements, enabling them and the Commission to begin to thrash out the main regulations. There is a strong drive under the Irish presidency to wrap this up by the end of June – before the presidency is passed over to Lithuania.

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Sheep markets

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Why is Britain's favourite food so price sensitive? When was the last time you saw a hotel or restaurant promote the quality of its bacon?

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Cattle markets

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In July 2007 and again in September 2008 Muslim community were urged by me to boycott all halal products in the UK as they could not be trusted and at the time Masood Khawaja spokesman for Halal Food Authority, which certify slaughterhouses and processing plants, said the boycott was “preposterous” and that halal standard were high in the UK, so high that 3 months ago he certified a company in Eire that was producing Halal pies for 3663 which had pork DNA which were been consumed by prison inmates, what has changed? 3663 have got a new supplier this time in Wales certified by HFA who are doing covert Halal. At no time have 3663 or HFA every apologised to the Muslim inmates.

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Mary Smith, thought to be one of only two people in the 93-year history of Wensleydale Longwool Sheep Breeders to achieve a Great Yorkshire Show championship hat-trick with the same sheep in the same year, was honoured for her high profile success at the association’s annual meeting.

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By attaching tracker collars to cows, illnesses such as lameness and mastitis, which cost the UK dairy industry £100 million annually, could be treated sooner, improving cow welfare.

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Llanarth Candida TI +12, SRI +11, was knocked down sold for 2,350gns with her six month old light roan heifer calf Llanarth Emlyns Rosina, sired by Llanarth Emlyn, to J R Pearce, Ashbourne, Derbyshire.

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Cranswick announces has acquired East Anglian Pigs Limited, a successful business involved in the breeding, rearing and finishing of British pigs.

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Despite the cold winter this year, liver fluke is still likely to be a problem on many farms this grazing season warns the COWS* Industry Stakeholder Group.

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So Farming Minister David Heath has finally woken up to the fact that we may have become rather too reliant on food imports.

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The first seminar of the day will look at how fluke, respiratory disease and internal and external parasites can impact on suckler herd fertility, explains Beef Expo 2013 organising committee member Paul Westaway

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Last week, McDonald's announced it was switching its pork to 100% Freedom Food across its entire UK menu.

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Sheila Mason champion at CCM Skipton pedigree British Blue showpiece CCM Skipton’s annual pedigree beef season commenced with ‘Blue Wednesday,’ the pedigree British Blue showpiece, which was dominated by breeders from North Craven.

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What could well be the youngest-ever champions in the history of Skipton Auction Mart emerged at the May prime lambs show when seven-year-old Kylie Feather and her brother Harrison, just 14 months of age, from Cullingworth, were awarded the Spring lambs title on Bank Holiday Monday.

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With the latest announcement by Luton council of mosque to withdraw halal meat and poultry from the menus of 18 schools in Luton following concerns about how it has been certified.

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The number of cattle slaughtered because of TB has risen again this month bringing the total number of cattle culled to 186,664 (from January 2008 – Jan 2013 in Great Britain).

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Female records were also smashed at the heifer sale at Stirling in October when Chapelton Honeysuckle set a high of 13,000gns whilst a record average of £2110 was set for 81.

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The resolve to battle bovine tuberculosis on Westcountry farms is intensifying, with the release of data showing record monthly figures for cattle slaughtered because of the disease.

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The search is on for the Caltech Hampshire Down commercial flock of the year. The award is open to all commercial sheep producers in Britain using two or more performance recorded pedigree Hampshire Down rams over a part of their flock.

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Cogent has expanded its international sales department with the appointment of Tom Peters as Export Area Manger. The move will help support growing international sales of the company’s UK-proven cattle genetics.

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