Tag: British farmers

• Thursday, June 28th 2018 - 12:45 UTC

  Good news for British farmers: China lifts ban on beef from the UK

  

  China has ended a two-decades-long ban on exports of beef from the UK, first introduced after the outbreak of BSE - or “mad cow disease” - in the 1990s. The government said the development will be worth £250m to British producers over the next five years.

• Wednesday, May 22nd 2013 - 10:28 UTC

  UK approves vaccine against Schmallenberg virus which attacks pregnant cattle and sheep

  

  A vaccine to protect sheep and cattle from a virus spread by midges has been approved by UK government vets. The virus, which emerged in the Netherlands and Germany in 2011, can lead to sheep and cattle having stillborn or deformed offspring.