News
Performance Grants Update – February 2010
A TOTAL of 128 performance grant applications have so far gone through decision panels to help improve animal health and welfare, nutrient management and resource efficiciency on livestock farms in the North West.
Read more | Comments (0) | February 25 2010
Safety first for Lancashire farmers
HUNDREDS of local farmers attended a safety event at Myerscough College’s Lodge Farm in February.
Read more | Comments (0) | March 04 2010
Events
Entry Level Stewardship / Higher Level Stewardship Pre-Booked Clinic - Chelford, Cheshire
RICHARD Potts from the Land Management Advisory Service (LMAS) within Natural England will be available to assist and check Entry Level Stewardship (ELS) and Upland ELS (UELS) applications
Full Event Details | Starts March 15 2010 at 10:00AM
Upland Entry Level Stewardship farm walk - Whitewell, Clitheroe
This farm walk will look at the potential of Upland Entry Level Stewardship (UELS) on your farm and the benefits it can bring to both the environment and farm income.
Full Event Details | Starts March 16 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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