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December 22, 2015
Look after sheep welfare or pay the price, warns Modiano
One of the world’s largest wool- buying and processing companies wants Australian farmers to be forced into using pain relief when performing animal husbandry operations on sheep. Modiano chief executive Laurence Modiano, whose company is one of the top 10 buyers of Australian merino wool, has asked federal Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce to legislate for …
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December 22, 2015
Retailer: no castration without anaesthetics
German retailer Rewe Group has decided to stop selling pork from pigs castrated without anaesthetics as from the start of 2017. The initiative applies to meat products which will be sold as home brands within shops owned by the Rewe Broup. Pig castration ‘not something of this time’ Dr Klaus Mayer, head of quality management within …
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December 22, 2015
Germany Focuses on Farm Animal Welfare
The German agriculture department has launched a new initiative to make animal welfare a high priority. Speaking at the KTBL (Association for Technology and Structures in Agriculture) Days 2015 symposium on the Challenge of Animal Welfare, the Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture Dr Maria Flachsbarth said that many people not just livestock farmers and …
December 22, 2015
Tri-Solfen® use = increased lamb survival rates
As mulesing season comes around it’s time for sheep producers who aren’t using pain relief to reconsider the benefits, according to Monaro sheep producer Simon King. “Using Tri-Solfen has almost completely limited my losses from marking,” he said. “Last year I might have lost one lamb, the year before, I lost none. Since using pain …
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