With around 70pc of this year's calves born and tested for BVD, the prevalence of persistently infected (PI) births has reduced to 0.03pc - a 20-fold decrease since the start of the compulsory testing programme in 2013.
We have most of our March-born lambs dosed for the second time. We use a ivermectin type product and this should see them stay clean until after weaning.
The largest rise for five years in volumes of meat and dairy products drove manufacturing up for the second quarter in a row, according to new figures from New Zealand.
Excluding dairy farmers from the Areas of Natural Constraint scheme due to their high stoking rate has been branded as unfair by Fianna Fail TD Jackie Cahill.
'It would've been silly to cut silage last week or even consider spreading slurry with the downpours we got, with or without Trump's visit."
Highly concerned over an imminent loss of billions of dollars in trade with Huawei, Silicon Valley giants have been quietly lobbying the Trump administration to ease its ban on sales of components to the Chinese tech firm. Read Full Article at RT.com
Amid the ongoing trade war with the US, the Chinese development and reform commission is currently developing new state policies on rare earth metals, and intends to make them public as soon as possible. Read Full Article at RT.com
