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Defra chief unaware of sheep shearing visa block as the news has not 'hit his desk'

Animal Health

Defra chief unaware of sheep shearing visa block as the news has not 'hit his desk'

Paul Kissack tells EFRA Select Committee he did not know if department was acting on animal health risk as he was unaware of situation

clock 03 March 2026 鈥� 3 min read
South African dairy farmers on high alert for foot-and-mouth return

Animal Health

South African dairy farmers on high alert for foot-and-mouth return

Twenty five years since the 2001 foot-and-mouth outbreak in the UK, Chris McCullough looks at a farmer dealing with the disease in South Africa

clock 03 March 2026 鈥� 4 min read
Cambridge U-turns on vet school closure

Animal Health

Cambridge U-turns on vet school closure

BVA and NFU welcome decision following their campaign to continue veterinery training

clock 28 February 2026 鈥� 2 min read
'Please don't bring back your food' - Farmers make plea to tourists in Cyprus following FMD outbreak

Animal Health

'Please don't bring back your food' - Farmers make plea to tourists in Cyprus following FMD outbreak

Fines of 拢5,000 could be waiting for those who try to bring back personal food items like sandwiches, cheese, cured meats, raw meats or milk into the UK from countries with confirmed foot-and-mouth cases

clock 27 February 2026 鈥� 2 min read
UK foot-and-mouth disease - 25 years on: "It was a cruel and catastrophic loss still felt a generation on"

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UK foot-and-mouth disease - 25 years on: "It was a cruel and catastrophic loss still felt a generation on"

Farming communities demonstrated strength and resilience to overcome the foot-and-mouth crisis and its aftermath. But have lessons been learnt 25 years on?

clock 27 February 2026 鈥� 4 min read
Cull begins in Cyprus as country moves to halt 'rapid' foot-and-mouth disease outbreak

Animal Health

Cull begins in Cyprus as country moves to halt 'rapid' foot-and-mouth disease outbreak

UK Chief Vet says farmers must be extra vigilant as warnings stepped up at tourist points

clock 26 February 2026 鈥� 2 min read
Major food chains withdraw from Better Chicken Commitment's animal welfare policy

Poultry

Major food chains withdraw from Better Chicken Commitment's animal welfare policy

KFC, Wagamama, Burger King, and Taco Bell are some of the chains to step away from BCC and launch the Sustainable Chicken Forum

clock 23 February 2026 鈥� 9 min read
Industry Profile - Valentina Busin: 'Even as an island the UK is not isolated'

Livestock

Industry Profile - Valentina Busin: 'Even as an island the UK is not isolated'

Sheep were the reason Valentina Busin came to Scotland and the reason she stayed. From on farm experience to virus surveillance, she shares why farmer鈥搗et collaboration matter more than ever.

clock 22 February 2026 鈥� 6 min read
2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: "The countryside should never be shut down again"

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2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: "The countryside should never be shut down again"

British agriculture was rocked to the core 25 years ago by the foot-and-mouth crisis. Have lessons been learnt at a time when the UK food supply chain is being compromised by illegal meat and cheap food imports?

clock 19 February 2026 鈥� 2 min read
2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: "Infectious diseases do not respect borders or species barriers, and we ignore this at our peril"

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2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: "Infectious diseases do not respect borders or species barriers, and we ignore this at our peril"

Before his career in politics, Epping Forest MP Dr Neil Hudson was a veterinary inspector who was on the frontline of the foot-and-mouth outbreak in 2001. Dr Hudson remembers the once bustling farms which became empty, the impact it had on the sector's mental health, and why the current Government should never take the UK's national biosecurity for granted

clock 18 February 2026 鈥� 3 min read