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British Dairy Consortium Launch
Leading suppliers to the UK
dairy industry are initiating a coordinated approach to the international
market with the formation of the British Dairy Consortium and publication of
a directory of products and services for use by British embassies and
consulates around the globe.
Launched at the Dairy
Event, Stoneleigh on Wednesday 20 September, the consortium brings together
independent British based companies offering the highest levels of expertise
and technology in all key dairy disciplines, making BDC a first point of
contact for all seeking to start, expand or improve milk production anywhere
in the world.
BDC chairman, Kevin Brewer,
said: “Britain’s dairy industry is amongst the most advanced and efficient
in the world, served by companies renowned for their practical, reliable and
innovative solutions. In presenting these together on an international basis
we aim to play a coordinated role in global dairy development, ensuring that
British companies remain at the forefront of innovation and service and
maintain the economies of scale that will keep costs down for farmers at
home.”
The 15 founder members of
the consortium are: Agrimin, Ayr Cattle Services, Cogent Breeding, Dairy
Design Consultancy, Ecosyl Products, Fullwood, Holstein UK, JCB,
JohnsonDiversey, NMR, Pan Livestock, Premier Nutrition, Shelbourne Reynolds,
Spreadwise and The Dairy Group.
Areas of dairy expertise
include: consultancy and design; systems, machinery and equipment; training;
genetics and breeding advice; health, hygiene and recording; nutrition,
forage and slurry management.
“In addition to the printed
brochure, which has already been welcomed by agricultural attachés as far
afield as Asia and South America, we are also establishing a web presence at
www.britishdairyconsortium.com,” said Mr Brewer. “But perhaps the
most dynamic aspect of the consortium is in providing members with a greater
reach, wider presence and faster response, to a broader range of enquiries
than any could deliver alone, while still maintaining the independence and
integrity of their brands.”
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For further
information: Issued by: British Dairy
Consortium
Kevin Brewer, Chairman
info@britishdairyconsortium.com
British Dairy
Consortium
www.britishdairyconsortium.com
Mobile: 07860 338 095
Saxonian authority withdraws breeding values of eight SRV sires
(25/09/06)
Following the German animal breeding law, official
authorities of the federal states are in charge of and responsible for the
approval of breeding values for bulls and cows. The competent authorities
did instruct the data center VIT in Verden to carry out the joint,
nationwide evaluation of breeding values for the breeds Holstein, German
Red, and Jersey to guarantee a complete and interregional comparability of
proofs.
Within the scope of the evaluation of breeding values,
VIT regularly checks the data security. During preparation and controlling
of the data for the August 2006 evaluation unusual changes of parentage were
discovered for in milk heifers sired by several young sires sampled by the
Saxonian Cattle Breeding Association (SRV). To these daughters of young
sires, the SRV had assigned, instead of the real sires, either different
sires or the note „sire unknown“. On June 23, 2006, VIT informed the
Saxonian State Institute for Agriculture, as the official authority
responsible for the approval of breeding values in Saxony, on the changed
parentage data.
Following, the Saxonian State Institute for Agriculture
implemented comprehensive investigations and checked parentage of still
living daughters subject of detected data changes. Employees of this
official authority visited the respective farms to take tissue samples of
these daughters for DNA tests and to check insemination data of their dams.
As a result of this official controlling, the competent
authority stated that the data of the checked daughters are not suitable for
the approval of breeding values. Therefore, the authority deprived the
proofs of eight SRV bulls on September 15, 2006. These are the bulls Jango,
Jonk, Maidal, Brester, Jesco, Decent, Marius, and Elroy. The insemination
license of the bulls was withdrawn as well. The Saxonian State Institute for
Agriculture ordered SRV to rescind the changes carried out and to prove that
the correction of data was put into effect.
Immediately after getting notice of the parentage
changes, the German Holstein Association (DHV) spoke up at the competent
authority for a fast and complete clarification of the case. Further
examinations of the national data set showed that no corresponding data
changes were carried out in other regions. Due to the permanent and
independent data checks at VIT, the German evaluation system guarantees that
irregularities immediately come into the focus of attention. Therefore, the
German evaluation system is rightly recognized for its high security and
quality level.
DHV
Beef export ban lifted
DEFRA
press release 08/03/06
European Union (EU)
veterinary experts voted to end the ten year ban on beef and cattle exports
from the UK, today 8 March.
The EU standing Committee
for the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCOFCAH) unanimously approved a
proposal to resume exports of cattle born after 1 August 1996, and beef from
cattle slaughtered after 15 June 2005.
This means that exports
should be able to start again by the end of April, or early May. When
exports do resume, they will be subject to certain rules. Further
information on these will be available shortly.
Secretary of State for
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Margaret Beckett said:
“This is excellent news
for the British beef industry. This EU decision is a vindication of our
controls on BSE and our efforts to eradicate this disease.
“Britain's farmers produce high quality beef which will be in demand across
Europe once the ban is lifted. We know that our beef is, at the very least,
as safe as beef produced anywhere else in the EU.”
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