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BFREPA - the Ranger magazine
News : 22/04/2008
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| The 2008 British Pig and Poultry Fair will take place at Stoneleigh Park on 13th-14th May. Expectations are higher than ever this year, following the announcement of a raft of changes being introduced to widen the scope of the event and make it more relevant than ever to the needs of today's ... |
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BFREPA - the Ranger magazine
News : 22/04/2008
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| The new raft of zoonosis regulations, and in particular the requirement to carry out environmental testing at regular intervals, has made Free Range producers more keenly aware than ever of the need to be constantly on their guard against Salmonella. The presence of vermin, contact with wild ... |
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BFREPA - the Ranger magazine
News : 22/04/2008
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| Producers supplying Noble Foods are already benefiting from the company's investment in its North Scarle, Lincolnshire packing station. Included in the latest tranche of developments is the replacement of pulp fibre trays with blue plastic recyclable trays. And just completing is the 100% ... |
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BFREPA - the Ranger magazine
News : 26/03/2008
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| Sometimes hens feather peck and cannibalise. We have all seen it happen. Do we know why? Sometimes. It is not always clear why some flocks behave impeccably and some don't and for the ones that misbehave, we often don't know what the trigger was that set off the undesirable pattern ... |
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BFREPA - the Ranger magazine
News,Organic : 26/03/2008
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Twenty feet up in the trees is not where you'd normally look for point-of-lay pullets. But that's where at least some of Ben and Cathy Wetherden's birds can be found! It's indicative of the birds' health and vitality, they believe.
As Britain's largest ... |
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BFREPA - the Ranger magazine
News,Veterinary : 26/03/2008
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In previous articles in The Ranger, we have discussed the importance of biosecurity in protecting laying flocks from all the infectious insults around, be they headline grabbing bugs like avian influenza, or the routine bacterial, viral and parasitic infections that are always around.
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BFREPA - the Ranger magazine
News : 27/02/2008
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BFREPA is calling for an immediate rise in producer price of five pence a dozen. The call came earlier this month when Association executives met with the packers' organisation, Nemal, to discuss the unrelenting rise in feed costs.
The cost of feeding layers has increased by ... |
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BFREPA - the Ranger magazine
News : 27/02/2008
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BFREPA's Free Range Awards have received widespread exposure in a high-profile publicity campaign triggered by The Co-operative's decision to ban the sale of battery eggs across its 3,200 stores.
The Co-operative was named Retailer of the Year at BFREPA's conference last ... |
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BFREPA - the Ranger magazine
News : 27/02/2008
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Britain's second biggest egg packer could be in the hands of a new owner in a matter of weeks.
The sale of Stonegate was ordered by the Competition Commission early last year when it ruled that the creation of Noble Foods – formed following the merger of Deans Foods and ... |
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BFREPA - the Ranger magazine
News : 27/02/2008
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| The huge question of how animal health and welfare should be funded – who should bear the costs of animal disease outbreaks, what controls should be put in place and who should bear the cost of these measures – has been rumbling on for many years. The latest development is that a series of ... |
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BFREPA - the Ranger magazine
News : 27/02/2008
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| Following confirmation that the EU ban on battery caged production will come into effect as scheduled on 1st January 2012, many Free Range producers are now looking to the long term and, recognising the need to increase capacity within their industry to meet future demand, are once again calling ... |
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BFREPA - the Ranger magazine
News,Veterinary : 27/02/2008
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As in human medicine, in the last 50-60 years, there has been tremendous progress in the development of vaccines to protect chickens against both viral and bacterial diseases.
In fact, vaccines have become such a common every day part of poultry production that it is easy to be ... |
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BFREPA - the Ranger magazine
News : 19/12/2007
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| Once again, it seems that Channel 4 is out to shock its audience – this time amidst fears that it will do so at the expense of British farmers. The controversy began when advance publicity of a special 'food season' revealed that Jamie Oliver would put people off eating battery chickens ... |
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BFREPA - the Ranger magazine
News,Veterinary : 19/12/2007
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Have you thought about what may be happening within the guts of your hens? If not, they may look like this:
However, if your hens have an infestation of capillaria (hair) worms, there may be little to see unless you have a microscope, ... |
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BFREPA - the Ranger magazine
News,Veterinary : 19/12/2007
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A new live vaccine for the control of Newcastle disease has been launched by German vaccine specialist, Lohmann Animal Health.
Known as AviPro ND C131 and suitable for broilers, layers and breeders, it is produced from a cloned strain of the La Sota virus.
Newcastle ... |
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BFREPA - the Ranger magazine
News : 19/12/2007
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M&S scored highest in Compassion in World Farming's Supermarket Survey, beating Waitrose and others to scoop the Compassionate Supermarket Award 2007.
The award, presented to M&S in London on 1 December 2007, is based on the results of the survey which benchmarks Compassion in ... |
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BFREPA - the Ranger magazine
News : 19/12/2007
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Through the pages of the Ranger may I thank the BFREPA council along with all members of the Association for the overwhelming generosity shown to me as I officially stood down at the Free Range Conference last month.
The Lifetime Achievement Award will be treasured for ever, as will ... |
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BFREPA - the Ranger magazine
News : 19/12/2007
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| Organisers BOCM PAUL had promised us that the BFREPA 'Simply Different' Annual Conference on 22nd November would be an impressive event – and it was. The day was characterised by the animated buzz of conversation in the Exhibition Hall, whilst during the afternoon the audience in the ... |
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BFREPA - the Ranger magazine
News : 19/12/2007
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For the first time, the 2008 British Pig and Poultry Fair will encompass all members of the supply chain with some significant changes and developments for the event, which will be held on May 13th and 14th 2008 at Stoneleigh Park.
The leading industry event, organised by the ... |
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BFREPA - the Ranger magazine
News : 19/12/2007
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As locally sourced and locally farmed food becomes a more important element of customers' choice , Noble Foods have raised Regional Provenance as priority for their 2008 Marketing plan.
Noble Foods currently collects eggs from more than 350 independent farms across the country ... |
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