June Farming Summary
A quick round-up of what is currently happening in farming
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New Red Tractor Health & Safety Standards
New Red Tractor standards will spark the need for changes on dairy farms. British Dairying asks consultants CXCS to explain how the rules regarding health and safety are changing and how producers should respond.
Is Polling the Way Forward?
Following rumours that farmers will be banned from dehorning cattle, there has been a surge in breeding polled cattle. Esme Cormack of CXCS looks at the science behind this trend.
Permitted Development: Appeal Opens Way for New Builds
Landowners could potentially be able to unlock money-making potential by using Class Q buildings for new builds, following an appeal on a class Q planning case.
Artificial Insemination: Helping to Break the Glass Ceiling
Artificial Insemination (AI) has been an advantage to many breeders of all animals for decades. With the first recorded success in 1890 on rabbits, and later being successful in bovine animals in the 1950’s, by Jim Rowson in Cambridge,