Seeda Offers £150,000 to Farmers Affected by Foot and Mouth
SE ENGLAND - The South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) has announced the launch of a £150,000 support package for South East farmers affected by the recent outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD).

NFUS Spells Out Next Steps In Compensation Fight
US - Following on from the announcement this week by the Scottish Government of an emergency aid package for farmers, Scotland’s farm union has spelt out the next steps in the fight for full foot and mouth compensation.

LFA Farmers Call For Early Payments To Alleviate FMD Hardship
WALES - Calls for early Tir Mynydd payments and an enhanced budget have been made to the Welsh Assembly Government by NFU Cymru's Less Favoured Area (LFA) Board so as to help alleviate the hardship on the hills and uplands of Wales brought about as a...

Trade Of Meat To Resume For More Of GB
UK - The European Commission has voted to ease restrictions on meat and livestock exports to Europe, three weeks after the last foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) case in Surrey.

UK Government Ducking Responsibility
UK - Scotland’s farming union has expressed its anger at the response of the UK Secretary of State Hilary Benn to the welfare and financial crisis facing Scottish farmers. Farmers have found their businesses crippled by the movement restrictions introduced...

Sheep foot-and-mouth tests negative
UK - A temporary control zone around land in East Sussex has been lifted after tests for foot-and-mouth disease proved negative, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said today.

Foot And Mouth Tests On Sussex Farm
SURREY - Parts of Surrey were sealed off after the initial foot and mouth outbreak in August.

Industry Bodies to Hold Pig Crisis Meeting
SCOTLAND - NFU Scotland and Scottish Pig Producers are collaborating to hold a crisis meeting to outline the problems within the Scottish pig industry and to discuss how they can be addressed.

Royal Smithfield Christmas Fair Cancelled
UK - The 2007 Royal Smithfield Christmas Fair has been cancelled due to foot-and-mouth disease.

FMD restrictions lifted to start long journey to normality
UK - Thousands of farmers will soon see a significant relaxation of movement controls to help start the long journey back to normality as the livestock industry struggles to recover from the foot and mouth outbreak, the NFU said today.

Lawyers to launch damages action within six weeks
UK - Lawyers acting on behalf of the NFU are set to launch their legal action for damages resulting from the foot-and-mouth outbreak within the next six weeks.

Scots Welcome Resumption Of Meat Exports
SCOTLAND - Some Scottish producers will breathe a weary sigh of relief as the export market for Scottish meat reopens tomorrow (Friday, October 12) following months of turmoil.

£6m Help Over FMD Vanishes
WALES - A UK government pledge to award Welsh farming £6.5m to cope with foot-and-mouth has disappeared into thin air, it was claimed last night.

CLA Asks Government To Justify Continued Use Of 20 Day Standstill Rule
UK - In response to an increase in calls from concerned Members, the CLA is asking Government to justify its continued use of the 20 day rule in low risk areas.

Governments Aid Package Falls Short Of The Mark
UK - The NFU has welcomed the Government's aid package to help livestock farmers in England recover from the foot and mouth and bluetongue crises, but has warned that its estimated £12.5 million value falls far short of the losses of over £100 million...

Farmers Ready to Take Their Frustrations to the Streets
UK - Tens of thousands of farmers could take to the streets this week in Edinburgh, Cardiff and London unless the UK government takes a more proportionate approach to the handling of the foot-and-mouth outbreak in Surrey.

Foot and Mouth Standstill ‘Crippling’ Livestock Industry
UK - The current 20-day standstill, introduced as a foot and mouth control measure, is crippling Scotland’s livestock industry and rendering livestock markets meaningless. NFUS has called for separation arrangements to be reintroduced immediately to...

Farmer compensation call renewed
UK - The National Farmers Union Scotland has renewed its call for the UK government to pay out compensation for lost income in the latest foot-and-mouth outbreak.

Changes to expect this week
UK - The surprise news this week of the pending resumption of exports of meat from animals in a limited area of Great Britain has to be good news even though closer inspection of the conditions may greatly limit the benefit to the English pig industry,...

Diseases Devastate British Producers
UK - The spread of infectious diseases in England has devastated the livestock industry there. A combination of ongoing concerns over foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and now, bluetongue, has resulted in multiple quarantines and bans on shipments of beef...