30th July 2021
MAUN: Ngamiland farmers vow they will not rest until they are assured that the position of the District Agriculture Coordinator (DAC) is filled – permanently.
What gets their goat, it appears, is that officials are deployed temporarily and leave before familiarizing themselves with what is obtaining on the ground.
The unavailability of the DAC, so says the interim chairman of Haina Veldt Farmers Association Keloitsang Ledimo, is a big problem if not a blunder by government.
The disaster-prone district, has been labeled a red zone as a result of the re-occurrence of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and other cattle diseases which have for years denied farmers in the district the opportunity to sell their cattle independently as and when they so wish as enjoyed by other farmers elsewhere in the country.
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July 20, 2021 11:40 am
A Co. Down farmer has been convicted of 24 charges of failure to notify the movement of animals onto his holding or the birth of said animals and 21 charges of failure to notify the movement of animals off his holding.
Patrick McVerry was also convicted at Newry Magistrates Court on July 19, of one charge of using an ear tag to identify an animal that had already been used to identify another animal and nine charges of providing false information to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).
McVerry pleaded guilty and was fined £2,750 plus a £15 offender levy.
18.07.21 08:42 dpa-AFX GREIFSWALD (dpa-AFX) - Das Bundesforschungsinstitut für Tiergesundheit hält einen Impfstoff gegen die Afrikanische Schweinepest (ASP) in einigen Jahren für denkbar. Wir arbeiten an einem Impfstoff, aber das ist ein schweres und kompliziertes Geschäft , sagte die Leiterin des ASP-Referenzlabors am Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Sandra Blome, der Märkischen Allgemeinen (Samstag). Das Virus sei sehr komplex. In China werden Impfstoffe erprobt, die aber leider zum Teil beträchtliche Nebenwirkungen haben oder nicht gut wirken. Ich bin fest davon überzeugt, dass wir einen Impfstoff bekommen werden, aber das wird noch ein paar Jahre dauern. Dann würden Wildschweine geimpft, nicht Hausschweine.
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