Animal bonfires curbed to ease farmers' distress

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The UK government has stated that the carcasses of some livestock which has been killed because of foot-and-mouth disease will now be transported to a rendering plant, rather than being burned on farms. This will reduce the distress caused to farmers with animals affected by the disease.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION--LIVESTOCK, Dairy, Poultry, Livestock Farms, Diseases, Control, Livestock, Foot-and-mouth disease, Foot and mouth disease

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The little man from the Massif Central brings his battle to Britain

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French farmer Jose Bove, who led an attack on a half-built McDonald's site in 1999, is in the UK to promote his book 'The World is Not For Sale.' He has criticized UK agricultural policy, alleging that the industrialization of farming caused the outbreaks of BSE and foot-and-mouth disease.

Agriculture, Political activity, Political aspects, Agricultural policy, Bove, Jose

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Why Britain's farmers are making a loss on nearly everything they grow

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British farmers face both local and global factors which have led to losses on a wide range of activities due to prices having dropped to below production costs. Milk, beef, eggs, fruit and vegetables are among the products affected. Livestock farmers have been worst affected, and farmers are starting to dump animals that no longer have a value. Farmers have to pay to take animals to be slaughtered. The Russian market has contracted as a result of that country's economic crisis, and ewes too old to produce more lambs used to be exported to Russia.

Farms, Wholesale prices, Livestock Farms, Cover Story, Livestock industry, Livestock breeders

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