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University of Nottingham Collaborates with Zoetis to Improve Feed Efficiency in Pig Farming
2015-01-13 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - The University of Nottingham has secured funding from Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to undertake a four-year project with Zoetis, the leading global animal health company, with the aim of improving feed efficiency in pig farming.
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VIDEO: Dairy farming 'worst for 20 years'
2015-01-12 19:38:51| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Cumbria dairy farmer Jonathan Britton says he is facing the prospect of selling milk for less than 10p per litre - compared with 35p per litre last year.
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Exit from EU Would Pose Risk to Scottish Farming
2015-01-12 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
SCOTLAND - The EU referendum is the biggest threat facing British farming, Scotland’s Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead has warned.
Integrated farming: The only way to survive a rising sea
2015-01-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: When the gentle clucking grows louder, 50-year-old Sukomal Mandal calls out to his wife, who is busy grinding ingredients for a fish curry. She gets up to thrust leafy green stalks through the netting of a coop and two-dozen shiny hens rush forward for lunch. In the Sundarbans, where the sea is slowly swallowing up the land, Mandal's half-hectare farm is an oasis of prosperity. The elderly couple resides in the Biswanathpur village located in what has now been declared a UNESCO World Heritage...
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OFC: Increasing Productivity in British Farming through Research
2015-01-07 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - Increased productivity in British agriculture is directly related to research and development and to raise productivity the UK farming sector needs to focus more on both public and private research, reports Chris Harris from the Oxford Farming Conference (OFC).
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