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EU sets the pace on slaughter policy.(LEGISLATION)
June 1, 2009... * The long-awaited report from the Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC) on welfare of poultry at slaughter was published last month, but may have been overtaken by events in Europe. The imminent ratification of the EU's new regulations on poultry slaughtering is set to provide legislation...

Indecision over GMs puts stock industry at 'huge disadvantage'.(GENETIC MODIFICATION)
June 1, 2009... * The entire EU poultry industry was threatened with "meltdown" if urgent action was not taken to deal with the issue of genetically modified (GM) crop products, warned Pedro Correa de Barros, president of FEFAC, the European Feed Manufacturers Federation last month. Poultry producers,...

[pounds sterling]0.5m windfall for Harper Adams.(IN BRIEF)
June 1, 2009... * A key poultry pioneer and former graduate of Harper Adams is to donate [pounds sterling]0.5m in support of the University College's students. Robin Faccenda, chairman of the Faccenda Group, is investing [pounds sterling]300,000 in a new student centre at Harper Adams, which will bear...

Milestones at 75.(IN BRIEF)
June 1, 2009... * Farmers Weekly is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, so to mark the occasion, it has launched a new series which will identify the major milestones affecting our industry over that period. It kicks off with a search, in association with EB Equipment, to identify The Greatest...

Coach House Farm on the market.(IN BRIEF)
June 1, 2009... * The original home of Britain's two most famous breeds, sold under the Clarence Court egg label, is on sale for [pounds sterling]985,000. Coach House Farm is where Philip and Janet Lee-Woolf developed The Old Cotswold Legbar and Burford Brown. In 2004 the Clarence Court business was...