Insects are vital for farming as pollinators of crops and as predators of pests but livestock farmers are now looking […]
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Antibiotics back the news
A recent report from the OECD suggests that super-bug infections will kill around 2.4 million people across Europe, North America and […]
Enjoy the Brussels sprouts today. The perfect Winter vegetable which can even be used as a source of “Green” energy. […]
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US Presidential Election
The election of Donald Trump as the 45th US President sent shock-waves through financial markets – the Mexican peso, along […]
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Brexit Reactions and Fallout
In a shock referendum result the UK has voted by 52% to 48% to leave the European Union, leading to a […]
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Brexit and Farming
The UK will hold a referendum on its membership of the EU on the 23rd June. If the UK votes […]
On Tuesday 6th October in Atlanta representatives of 12 countries signed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, a free trade deal […]
The threat of antibiotic resistance to human and veterinary medicine from the excessive use of antibiotics in livestock is moving […]
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GM Wheat Trial Results
The results of controversial field scale GM wheat trials in the UK have been published this week. The experiment […]
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EU Aims to Compromise on GM Crops
The European Union is to apply the principle of “subsidiarity” and allow individual member states a greater say on the […]