http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk This is the RSS syndication feed for farmingnewsdaily.co.uk. Using impartial mediators to smooth over the conflict between producers and the rest of the industry could stop the ‘abuse’ of dairy farmers, say the UPA. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/170513/spain___demand_for_milk_contracts.aspx 5mpublishing Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Why is African Swine Fever worrying pig production? One – the disease continues to cause problems in Russia, two – there is no vaccine. Yet, that is. Spanish researchers recently found that protective T-cells may change this. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/080513/vaccines_for_african_swine_fever_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Farmers are demanding mediators to negotiate milk contracts to bring an end to industry decline. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/020513/dairy_farmers_demand_changes_.aspx 5mpublishing Thu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Hundreds of egg industry leaders have gathered in Madrid to discuss the latest issues affecting their industry - including how to benefit from European consumers’ declining consumption of red meat products. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/160413/poultry_and_egg_conference_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT This is according to Consumer Panel surveys carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture which found spending on milk fell by 0.5 per cent, closely followed by consumption dropping 0.4 per cent. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/170413/people_are_buying_less_milk_.aspx 5mpublishing Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT With the release of the national milk sampling results or “Probemelkung” the Austrian government has said that, despite progress being made and many farmers being in the ‘green area’, monitoring still needs to be maintained. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/170413/mastitis_and_udder_matters_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Delegates attending the IEC conference in Madrid heard from six exceptional speakers who told that “a combination of factors conspires to provide big opportunities for eggs”. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/170413/spain___talking_eggs_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Widespread heavy rainfall has plagued farmers with many producers unable to access fields and carry out crop work. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/110413/rail_hits_farmers_.aspx 5mpublishing Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Policy changes are starting to take effect in the Spanish milk market as deliveries are up 2.89 per cent and farm gate prices up 1.81 per cent on December. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/290313/dairy_farming_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Compassion in World Farming has investigated 'shocking' lapses in pig welfare reported on Spanish farms still using sow stalls despite their EU wide ban implemented in the New Year. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/130313/no_interest_in_sow_stalls_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) claim they've exposed Spanish farms still using sow stalls - despite an EU-wide partial ban on their use. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/140313/sow_stalls_still_order_of_the_day.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) claim they've exposed Spanish farms still using sow stalls - despite an EU-wide partial ban on their use. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/140313/the_sow_stall_ban_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Researchers of the CReSA have demonstrated that two trimeric autotransporters of Haemophilus parasuis are surface-exposed proteins that are involved in resistance to phagocytosis. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/130313/another_load_of_old_rubbish_about_pigs_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Around the world the importance of science in elucidating and tackling animal welfare problems is increasingly recognised, but priorities, concerns and approaches vary between nations and cultures. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/050313/animal_welfare.aspx 5mpublishing Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Three dairy associations have amalgamated, pooling over 15 per cent of Spanish milk quota as part of national policy efforts to centralise producer bargaining power. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/250213/dairy_associations_.aspx 5mpublishing Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Farmers demonstrated in Madrid on Thursday against an overhaul of the European Union's agricultural policy in which they fear losing hundreds of millions of euros in subsidies each year. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/150213/farmers_and_subsidies_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT An agreement has been signed between the ministry and major milk processing and delivery companies to promote an efficient and sustainable milk value chain as part of the ‘milk plan’, a government policy to safeguard Spanish dairy farmers. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/200213/the_dairy_industry_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT An agreement has been signed between the ministry and major milk processing and delivery companies to promote an efficient and sustainable milk value chain as part of the ‘milk plan’, a government policy to safeguard Spanish dairy farmers. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/190213/milk_prices__0.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Government reaction to farmer lobbying over the dairy crisis has resulted in positive steps being made to protect producers and sustain the industry although fears have arisen around short term security of supply. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/110213/dairy_reform_.aspx 5mpublishing Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Balanaced, negotiated contracts between producer and dairy were made mandatory under the pan-european 'milk package' which was introduced in Spain weeks before the rest of Europe. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/120213/dairy_contracts_.aspx 5mpublishing Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Cabinet has approved a Royal Decree amending Royal Decree 202/2012 on the implementation from 2012 of direct payments of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for 2013, with regard to various help schemes. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/220113/cap_payments_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT There are currently 22,000 dairy farms in Spain which has reduced from 55,000 twelve years ago, Miguel Blanco, Secretary General of the Coordinator of farmers’ and ranchers, told Spanish National Radio. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/180113/fewer_dairy_farms_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The approval comes after the bill received Brussels approval after a Management Committee for Direct Payments meeting. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/160113/more_dairy_subsidies_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Figures released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment show that average farm income for 2012 has slumped to the same level as seen in 1992. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/070113/drop_in_farm_incomes.aspx 5mpublishing Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Minister reassured that the Spanish Government will continue to insist that quotas on sugar and milk are maintained despite the lack of effect quotas have in other member states and the quota phasing out scheme being on track abroad. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/281212/milk_quotas_.aspx 5mpublishing Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT At the conference the Cordoba branches of the Young Farmers Association, the Coordinators of Livestock and Farmers Organisations and the Union of Small Ranchers and Farmers (USRF) were present. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/191212/dairy_farming_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 25 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Trichinellosis has struck in Benarraba, Gaucin, Spain. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/251212/pig_farm_problems_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 25 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Following a Brussels meeting of the Direct Payments Management Committee, the Spanish government will allocate single payment entitlements from the national reserve to dairy farmers worth a total of 31 million euros in an additional single installment. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/241212/help_for_dairy_farmers_.aspx 5mpublishing Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Despite voices of protests in provincial Spain and questions from the socialist deputy Alejandro Alonso, the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Miguel Arias Cañete was adamant that if the socialist government had achieved in eight years what the current executive has managed in one the dairy sector would be very different and vastly better. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/201212/dairy_farm_problems_.aspx 5mpublishing Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT The government has announced that 31 million euros is now available in the agricultural budget after a second draft of the royal decree has an added clause introducing extra subsidy payments for dairy farmers. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/131212/subsidies_for_dairy_farmers_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT The UPA has criticized the Agriculture Minister Miguel Arias Canete, saying that he is not doing all he could to help Spanish ranchers and added that large companies in the dairy supply chain are orchestrating a campaign to damage the Spanish livestock sector. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/121212/winging_over_milk_imports_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers, Galicia Young Farmers and the Galician Small Farmers Union have all said they will cooperate to ensure Galician milk processing is totally paralysed. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/031212/dairy_farm_problems_.aspx 5mpublishing Sun, 09 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT The strike arose from disharmony in the farming community over some of the lowest farmgate milk prices in Europe being offered by Spanish processors which stifled dairy farming causing farms to sell up. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/071212/milk_strike_halted_.aspx 5mpublishing Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Juan Camilo Restrepo Salazar has announced announced an additional $ 35 billion dollars to pesos financially strengthen the "Conpes Dairy" and support the dairy conversion and revenue of 350,000 Colombian families living in the dairy industry. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/061212/boost_for_dairy_farmers_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Spain, Europe’s second-largest wheat buyer, cut imports of the grain by 38 percent in September from a year earlier, while increasing corn purchases. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/291112/drop_in_wheat_imports_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 02 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Industry representatives visited Romualdo Castro Pérez's dairy cattle farm on Thursday. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/301112/dairy_farming_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT The EU budget negotiations are making farmers across the union nervous, amid speculation that reform of the Common Agricultural Policy will lead to substantial cuts in subsidies. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/291112/cuts_to_farm_payments_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT 38 Spanish companies take part in EuroTier 2012 coordinated by AGRAGEX and with the support of ICEX (Spanish Foreign Trade Institute). http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/141112/the_spanish_livestockbreeding_equipment_industry_strengthens_its_position_at_eurotier_.aspx newsroom - farmingnewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Council of Ministers approved a Royal Decree amending the current standard requirements relating to the milk quota management system in Spain. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/121112/milk_quotas_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Spanish shepherds have led a flock of more than 2,000 sheep through central Madrid in defence of ancient grazing, migration and droving rights threatened by urban sprawl and modern agricultural practices. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/051112/sheep_run_lose_in_madrid.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT The farmers are calling on the Ministry of Agriculture to ensure that dairy contracts do not impose unfair conditions on producers. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/291012/dairy_farmers_protest_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Daral Jackwood, specialist in Gumboro disease with over 20 years experience in this field, visited Hipra’s headquarters in Girona, Spain and took part in a work group with a team of Hipra investigators and marketing and technical service personnel. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/311012/poultry_disease_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT France, Italy and Spain on Tuesday agreed to try and keep the European agriculture budget stable after 2013, echoing a similar pact between Germany and France last week, but Italy declined to support a wish to maintain sugar quotas until 2020. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/241012/the_power_of_the_farm_lobby_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Rotecna slat offers grip for both sows and piglets http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/031012/_rotecna_slat_offers_grip_for_both_sows_and_piglets.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT COAG (Coordinator of Farmers Organisations) is organising protests this week in the main milk producing regions to raise awareness of the plight of the dairy industry. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/260912/dairy_farmers_protesting.aspx 5mpublishing Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Spanish Minister for Agriculture Miguel Arias Cañete is at the centre of controversy after the Opposition PSOE has demanded an explanation in the Cortes over claims that his family is linked to the Rock’s bunkering business. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/200912/new_scandal_for_farm_minister_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Minister Arias Canete said that the Ministry of Agriculture has made a firm commitment to solve the problems the dairy sector faces. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/110912/problems_in_the_dairy_industry_.aspx 5mpublishing Sun, 16 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT IRTA: Can the emotional state affect the pork meat quality? http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/040912/any_good_butcher_can_tell_you_this_without_stupid_research.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 09 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT During the meeting, Minister Isabel Garcia Tejerina reviewed the Department's efforts to rebalance the value chain of milk and milk products, with the view of helping farmers deal with the increasing costs of feed. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/230812/government_meet_with_dairy_farmer_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT New hatchery in €5 million Cobb Española expansion http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/170812/cobb__million_poultry_investment__.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT