Last week the Irish Government led by An Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minster), Mr. Enda Kenny TD along with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney T.D. visited Japan in response to an invitation extended by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during his successful visit to Ireland in June 2013.

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There is considerable interest in the use of total confinement and zero-grazing dairy systems. This interest has spiked in recent times on the back of this year’s late spring and fodder crisis, together with the term du jour of ‘sustainable intensification’, further highlighted in this year’s Agri-Food Strategy report ‘Going for Growth’. However, maintaining growth in the Northern Ireland dairy sector is a major challenge, particularly with land availability a considerable limiting factor. In this environment, many dairy producers are questioning what the best production system for their situation is.

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Speakers at 3rd TOC CSC Middle East conference discuss future of Middle East ports and shipping

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Big Red Krill omega-3s address many health areas, such as: heart health, brain health, joint health, healthy inflammation and women’s health. The body better utilizes krill omega-3s because they are bound to phospholipids, which is unique among marine species. In studies, Superba™ Krill has been shown to increase the Omega-3 Index faster and more efficiently compared to other marine sources.

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The CLA in the Midlands is reminding the industry that tractor drivers’ behaviour on public roads can significantly affect the public’s perception of farming. It also says that this is an opportunity to generate goodwill with the public.

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The proposed closure of Dairy Crest’s Proper Welsh Milk dairy at Whitland in Carmarthenshire is a major body blow for the region's capacity to process milk locally, a Farmers' Union of Wales official said today

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Syngenta has announced the launch Amphore Plus®, a new dedicated Alternaria (early blight) and Potato Blight spray that effectively tackles the two key foliar blight diseases in one treatment.

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As the weather turns colder pig farmers should review their storage of semen, says ACMC veterinary consultant, Paul Thompson. It is important to measure the temperature of the semen store — preferably twice daily — to ensure it is maintained at 17oC +/- 1oC.

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The Farmers’ Union of Wales has welcomed the Advertising Standards Authority’s (ASA) decision to uphold a complaint by the union about an RSPCA advertisement opposing badger culling and has called for the Charity Commission to take a similarly robust approach to the organisation.

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The Wales On-Farm Health and Safety Partnership is keen to raise awareness of the risks associated with handling cattle.

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Ahead of the WTO Ninth Ministerial Conference that will be held in Bali, Indonesia, from 3 to 6 December 2013, CELCAA calls WTO members to make all efforts possible to conclude a deal on Trade Facilitation. Trade facilitation is about simpler, speedier and more reliable border processes, making it easier for goods and services to cross international borders. A successful deal would promote growth for both developed and developing countries, while reducing red tape and administrative burden for traders and their customers.

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Agricultural seeds business British Seed Houses, a wholly owned subsidiary of Germinal Holdings Limited, has been re-named Germinal Seeds GB with effect from 2 December 2013.

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The ACR Show 2014 takes place at the NEC, on 11-13 February. It is the only national exhibition for the UK’s cooling industry and equipment end users.

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New Syngenta potato application trials have identified potential innovative design features that could further enhance consistent spray deposition through the crop canopy, as well as improved drift control to provide more spraying opportunities. The success of the R&D trials has instigated a full prototype field evaluation for the coming season.

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Techneat Amistar applicators will now deliver more consistent and accurate application of the soil fungicide treatments during potato planting, with the industry’s first new pressure regulation systems designed to overcome fluctuations created by Amistar direct injection (DCI) units.

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Herefordshire breeder farm manager Nicholas Ham is the winner of the 2013 Zoetis / British Poultry Council Trainee of the Year Award.

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Aberystwyth University’s Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) has won the Outstanding Contribution to Innovation and Technology award in the 2013 Times Higher Education Awards with a winning entry based on the breeding and development of Aber® High Sugar Grasses (Aber HSG).

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Sion and Claire Williams, a young couple from Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, were presented with the NSA Cymru/Wales Young Achievement Award at the Welsh Winter Fair today.

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Salt-aged beef from Hannan Meats in Northern Ireland was among food and drink from around the United Kingdom celebrated at a special event held in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London.

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A host of Scottish celebrities are supporting a cookbook which celebrates top quality Scottish ingredients and is raising money for two very important Scottish children’s charities – Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) and CHILDREN 1st.

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A highly respected sheep producer has been thanked by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) for her leading role in encouraging the uptake of breeding technologies by the Scottish sheep industry.

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A new applicator for powder potato seed treatments will help to achieve even coverage of seed tubers during planting. Launched by Techneat Engineering at British Potato 2013, the Powder Pro can be supplied with a bespoke mounting kit for most leading makes of potato planter, designed to deliver powder at the optimum point on the planter for even seed tuber coverage.

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Bwlchwernen Fawr is a 130-acre organic farm situated in the picturesque rolling valleys of West Wales. For the last 40 years it has been farmed by Patrick Holden and, more recently, by his family. Having gained its organic certification in 1973, Bwlchwernen Fawr is the longest registered organic farm in Wales.

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Gerhard Wagner , founder and CEO of in Baasdorf (Saxony- Anhalt) based company WIMEX Agricultural Products Import & Export GmbH , has been awarded by the German President Joachim Gauck with the Order of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany .

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Farmhouse Fare in Skipton won its fourth successive championship at the fifth annual Great Northern Pork Pie Competition, which ran alongside the 2013 Christmas primestock shows at Skipton Auction Mart. (Sun, Dec 1)

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Calderdale’s John Midgley, of Dean House Farm, Ludendenfoot, landed his third prime pig championship in four years at Skipton Auction Mart’s sixth annual Lingfield Christmas primestock shows and sales. (Sun, Dec 1)

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Ellesmere dairy farmer, Richard Howard, won the Prize Dairy Show and Sale at Shrewsbury Auction Centre for the second consecutive year to retain the Bill Higgins Cup.

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The December Holstein sire indexes, published today (Tuesday 3 December) by DairyCo Breeding+, tell a story of UK success, with three of the top 10 daughter-proven bulls – in a fiercely competitive international field – home-bred in Britain.

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Frutarom USA Inc.,("Frutarom"), announces that improvements made at its New Jersey facility resulted in official recognition from the state of New Jersey for environmental achievements.

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Winter feed was the hot topic at the latest meeting of the Peebleshire monitor farm, hosted by monitor farmers, Ed and Kate Rowell.

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A Kelso producer has been recognised today (29 November 2013) by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) for his longstanding commitment to raising the profile of performance recording in Scotland.

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Cogent is celebrating its strongest and broadest line-up of bulls, following the launch of new Holstein indexes to the dairy industry this week.

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Ken and Hazel Gamble, of Brickyard Farm, Easingwold, achieved a notable championship double in the annual Christmas shows of cull cows and cast sheep at Skipton Auction Mart. (Mon, Dec 2)

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Father and son Willie and Jonathan Timm, of TWH Farming, based at Olive Farm, Easingwold, had a field day in the prime cattle show classes at Skipton Auction Mart’s sixth annual Lingfield Christmas primestock shows and sales when sending out both the male and female champion, with the latter going on to clinch supreme championship honours. (Sun, Dec 1)

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Suffolk farmer Jeremy Blackmore missed out on the big moment when his turkey won the top trophy for the first time at the Anglian Turkey Association’s annual show at Stoke-by-Nayland.

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A hearty turnout of 414 head of store cattle for Skipton Auction Mart’s second annual Christmas show and sale sold well to a huge company of buyers seeking to top up feeding sheds over the festive period. A total of 138 cattle achieved four-figure prices. (Wed, Dec 4)

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Failure by successive Welsh Governments to instigate modelling work early enough has made it impossible to respond definitively to the Welsh Government’s consultation on the post 2014 CAP Payment regime, according to a majority of Farmers’ Union of Wales committees.

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An efficient feeding technology is core component of modern pig managements. At the same time, it is essential that also in complex pipe systems the consistency of the liquid feed remains identical so that the feed components cannot separate from each other.

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Controlling infectious diseases is important to any dairy farmer, but it is often a struggle to find time to do this.

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Pig producers, stockmen and vets must endeavour to attend their regional meeting on ‘How pork safety is about to impact the security of your business’, says BPEX.

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English pig producers can’t influence national feed costs or pig prices so should focus on the parts of their business within their control, such as the numbers of pigs reared and sold per sow per year, says John Richardson of Production Performance Services Ltd.

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This Saturday at 9am Pacific, the Food Chain Radio show with Michael Olson hosts Stephen Gardner, Director of Litigation, Center for Science in the Public Interest, for a conversation about “Natural” food.

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Strong views about the future of farming were expressed when two Aberystwyth University first-year agriculture students went head-to-head in the final interviews for the top awards in the Farmers' Union of Wales higher education bursary scheme.

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A total of 51 lamb carcases were put forward for judging in a standalone competition class that again proved an integral and highly popular feature of Skipton Auction Mart’s annual Christmas primestock shows and sales. (Sun, Dec 1)

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Limited edition pâtés from The Patchwork Traditional Food Company makes the festive season good enough to eat

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Seminars on the latest ground-breaking cooling technologies, and vital changes in the law affecting the industry, are among the hot topics to be covered in the ACR Show 2014 seminars, the programme for which has now been published.

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The Courtyard Dairy in Settle, Yorkshire has been named Cheese Counter of the Year at this year’s World Cheese Awards – a competition organised by The Guild of Fine Food and sponsored by Le Gruyère AOP. The specialist dairy shop, run by Andy and Kathy Swinscoe, rose to the top of the 10 finalists from 80 entries from throughout Great Britain.

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The recent cases of rabies reported in both in the Netherlands and France have highlighted the importance of the high level symposium held by the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) in Paris to explore strategies to manage and eliminate canine rabies. The outcome of the meeting is a joint statement which sets out the course of action that is required to make real progress in rabies control.

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Proprietor Alan Strain, left, had good news for Ian Graham of MSD Animal Health when he called at Farmline Agricultural Supplies near Kinallen, Co Down.

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