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EU farm workers told to apply for settled status by 30 June
16 March 2021 |
Farmers are being encouraged to remind any permanent or seasonal workers to apply to the scheme
Farming businesses are being urged to check if their EU employees have applied to stay in the country as part of the post-Brexit settled status scheme.
All EU citizens must apply to the scheme by 30 June 2021 to continue to live and work in the United Kingdom.
The settlement scheme is designed to give those entered the UK under the EU s freedom of movement principle the right to remain.
But failure to sign up to the scheme could result in them being deported, the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) has warned farming businesses.
February 16, 2021 6:20 am
At the recent dairy tech event held by The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF), Sarah Tomlinson a vet based in Derbyshire. Discussed the current pitfalls of the Mycobacterium bovis (TB) testing system currently used in the UK and Ireland.
Sarah stated that the tuberculin skin test (also known as the Mantoux tuberculin test) is only at best 80% accurate, meaning that 20% of animals that should test positive don’t.
She also stated that the gamma blood test (also known as the interferon-gamma test) misses one in ten animals that should test positive.
Sarah believes that this may play a role in herd going clear after completing their testing regime and then having a reactor during a follow up test.
UK-grown soya feed alternative scoops Royal Dairy award
11 February 2021 |
The annual award recognises new and innovative technologies in the dairy sector
A UK-grown sustainable feed that can replace soya in dairy cow rations has scooped this year’s Royal Dairy Innovation Award.
NovaPro, a high energy rumen-protected protein made from UK rapeseed, won the award during Wednesday s Dairy-Tech Online.
The Royal Dairy Innovation Award is an annual award that recognises new and innovative technologies in the dairy sector.
With proven performance benefits including improved intakes and milk yield, Trident Feeds NovaPro can also provide a cost-effective alternative to soya.
Trials run by the University of Nottingham found rations containing NovaPro produced an additional 1.7 litres of milk per cow per day compared to a soya and rape ration, with no significant effect on milk constituents.
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