Avian Influenza

More than 92 million birds have died in worst outbreak since 2015

Poultry farmers in England and Scotland will no longer have to change how their eggs are labelled during housing orders due to avian influenza, saving farmers from costly labelling requirements

Future proofing this show season and those in the future was the main topic at the Association of Show and Agricultural Organisations Welsh conference

Dairy farms in Kansas and Texas have been affected

Poultry farmers and industry experts attended this years NFU poultry research seminar to discuss the latest news in the poultry industry. Ellie Layton reports.

The risk levels are still considered to be too high for gatherings of ducks, geese and swans, which will remain prohibited

APHA confirmed a 3km protection zone and a 10km surveillance zone had been declared around the affected farm

A partner in Mathison (Farmers) Leven, East Yorkshire, appeared at Beverley Magistrates Court on Wednesday, 31 January, in relation to animal health and food safety offences

NFU deputy president, Tom Bradshaw said the industry was ‘seeing austerity in action', adding APHA were doing everything it could within its budget, but Government must give them better resources

It was argued APHA had wrongly interpreted the law underpinning its compensation scheme and failed to properly compensate affected farmers for birds, which were healthy at the point at which it decided they should be culled