Major NFU Report Highlights the Importance of Farming to Britain ; Farming
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A MAJOR new report by the NFU highlighting the importance of agriculture and horticulture to Britain is to be launched at a high profile media event next week.
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A gwynedd farm that diversified after the BSE crisis has received a Special Judges Award for Innovation in the search for Britain's Most Beautiful Farm.   Arthur and Nia Parry of Afonwen Farm on the Lleyn Peninsula received their award in a ceremony at London's Kensington Roof Gardens.
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Britain's farm ministry on Monday   unveiled a new bird flu strategy of testing more intensively in   areas and species where an outbreak is most likely to occur.
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Farmers' leaders are optimistic the UK's first case of bluetongue disease may be an isolated incident.
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Reuters London Oct 29: UN figures on Afghanistan will show a big rise in drug cultivation and production in the past year, the British Foreign Secretary, Mr Jack Straw has said, as he chided international donors for not meeting their pledges.
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Britain's food safety watchdog is investigating if meat infected with the avian flu virus entered the food chain following an outbreak of the disease on a farm run by Europe's largest poultry producer.
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Climate change is having a major impact on Britain's coasts, coastal seas and sea life, a report concludes.
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Business & money: Â· Call to catch up with big energy crop producersÂ· Concerns over food supply are 'absolute nonsense'
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Foot and mouth disease has struck a new cattle farm in southern England, the government said on Wednesday, prompting the European Union to ban British meat, dairy and livestock exports.
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Poor harvests caused by bad weather could hurt farmers more than the foot-and-mouth outbreak, the government's rural adviser says.
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New threat for Britain's farmers as bluetongue disease joins foot and mouth as menace to livestock.
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Britain&#39;s agriculture ministry (Defra)  confirmed on Wednesday that foot and mouth disease has broken  out on a cattle farm in southern England.
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By ANGELA DOWDEN  IF you're worried about the world around you, then you may already have started to eat fresh, locally produced food whenever it's possible.   Yet around 70 per cent of the food we eat in Britain is still imported, according to the Soil Association.
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By Ian Swanson Scottish Political Editor  BUSINESS is booming for Scotland's organic farms.   New figures published today show Scottish farmers are now producing enough to meet 70 per cent of the demand for local organic food - twice the level five years ago.
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A report claims investment in creating a sustainable global economy is rising rapidly.
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The UK is lagging behind other countries on biomass and biofuels, says a parliamentary committee.
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Â· Farmers say soft fruit may be left unharvestedÂ· Fewer EU migrants seeking farm jobs