News
Animal health planning delivering benefits
IN the last 12 months more than 1,000 farms in the North West of England have taken positive action to improve animal health and welfare as a result of the Northwest Livestock Programme.
Read more | Comments (0) | September 02 2010
Grant application process simplified as plans make headway – July update
PERFORMANCE Grant applications continue to increase as livestock programme plans on cattle, sheep, pig and poultry farms reach fruition - for Round 5 / June deadline there were 129 applications submitted
Read more | Comments (0) | July 30 2010
Events
Westmorland County Show
ONE of Britain's Oldest and Cumbria's Biggest Livestock Shows featuring: sheep, cattle, pigs, goats, alpacas - also horses, poultry, hounds dogs, heavy horses and rare breeds.
Full Event Details | Starts September 09 2010 at 09:00AM
Entry Level Stewardship Online - Interactive training session from the comfort of your home
You are invited to join an interactive ELS Online training session from the comfort of your farm office or home; all you need is access to the internet and a telephone.
Full Event Details | Starts September 27 2010 at 10:00AM
Fact Sheets
Code of Practice for Salmonella Control
Published on 13 November 2009
ONE route for Salmonella entering the food chain is through animals eating contaminated animal feed.
The main purpose of the Code, published by Defra in partnership with the Food Standards Agency, is to provide information on best practice, and to help those involved in the manufacture, storage and transport of feeds to minimise the risk of Salmonella contamination
Biosecurity for housed broilers
Published on 17 June 2009
THIS booklet from the Food Standards Agency explains the benefits of good biosecurity, as a means of preventing diseases of poultry and the colonisation of broiler chickens with campylobacter - the most common cause of food poisoning in the UK.
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