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Farm Animal Welfare Benchmark Report 2016…
Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW) Report 2016 was published on 23 January 2017.
The report describes how global food companies are managing and reporting on farm animal welfare, and assesses the progress that has been made since the first Benchmark report. It focuses on progress over the past year, analysing the factors that are driving improvements in corporate practice and performance on farm animal welfare and identifying the major obstacles to progress.
To provide investors, governments, academics, NGOs, consumers and other stakeholders with an independent, impartial and reliable assessment of individual company efforts to adopt higher farm animal welfare standards and practices.
Read the full report here.
RUMA – voluntary reductions on antibiotic use…
British cattle vets are encouraging a voluntary clampdown on critically important antibiotics (CIAs) when treating cattle. This move comes as the whole agriculture industry looks to build on the recent 10% reduction in the use of antibiotics to treat farm animals.
Read the RUMA press release here.
Sheep lameness five point plan…
The UK sheep sector have embraced the five-point lameness plan, developed by combining academic research findings with best farming practice, to create a set of practical and effective measures for farmers.
The five-point plan is the agreed national strategy for achieving the FAWC target of reducing sheep lameness to less than 5% of the national flock by 2016 and less than 2% by 2021.
Read the five-point plan now.