Organisation: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

farming

Conference to discuss CAP strains

Carlow: The strains on the Common Agricultural Policy and the challenges for Ireland in the upcoming World Trade Organisation talks will be among the key topics at the annual conference of the Agricultural Science Association in the Mount Wolseley Hilton, Tullow, Co Carlow, on September 23.

world

Four new foot-and-mouth cases in UK

golf

Golf: Open prize bigger than ever

world

£1.3m for foot-and-mouth blamed sheep dealer

world

One third of farms 'may get foot-and-mouth'

world

Stolen foot-and-mouth virus 'released deliberately'

Protests after blood from culled sheep flows onto busy road

A community has expressed its outrage after blood from hundreds of slaughtered infected sheep flowed onto a busy road.

Sat, 07 Apr, 2001

Fears grow foot-and-mouth may still be spreading in UK

The total of confirmed foot-and-mouth cases in the United Kingdom had risen to 1,102.

Sat, 07 Apr, 2001

Worldwide appeal for vets to fight disease

A worldwide appeal for vets has gone out as the British Government announced plans for speeding up the foot-and-mouth cull.

Mon, 26 Mar, 2001

Foot-and-mouth cases rise to 607

The number of confirmed cases of foot-and-mouth in Britain has risen to 607.

Sun, 25 Mar, 2001

Soccer: Soccer programme safe for the moment

The Football Association and the Government have ruled out further changes to the soccer programme to help the battle against foot-and-mouth disease unless there is new advice from veterinary experts.

Fri, 23 Mar, 2001

Foot-and-mouth cases now at 430

A further 35 cases of foot-and-mouth disease have been confirmed by Britain's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

Wed, 21 Mar, 2001

Angry farmers barrack chief vet

Chief vet Jim Scudamore has been greeted with a slow hand clap as he arrived in Cumbria to discuss the foot-and-mouth crisis.

Mon, 19 Mar, 2001

Scudamore meets farmers as foot-and-mouth cases rise

Chief vet Jim Scudamore is meeting farmers whose animals face compulsory slaughter after the highest daily total of foot-and-mouth outbreaks.

Mon, 19 Mar, 2001

Chief vet visits farmers to explain mass cull

Britain's chief vet Jim Scudamore is visiting Cumbria to explain the Government's planned pre-emptive slaughter of up to 500,000 healthy animals to farmers.

Mon, 19 Mar, 2001

Rugby: Rugby chiefs snub Six Nations dates

The Rugby Football Union have called for Ireland's postponed Six Nations fixtures to be put off until the end of May.

Thu, 15 Mar, 2001

Four new British cases of foot-and-mouth - 181 in total

Four more cases of foot-and-mouth have been confirmed - taking the daily total to 17 and the number of outbreaks to 181.

Mon, 12 Mar, 2001

Nine more cases of foot-and-mouth confirmed

Nine more cases of foot-and-mouth were confirmed today, including the first outbreak in the West Midlands, said Britain's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

Mon, 12 Mar, 2001

Farmers fear worst as disease spreads further

Farmers are preparing for the foot and mouth crisis to spread further after the disease took hold in two new counties.

Mon, 12 Mar, 2001

Seven more foot and mouth cases found in Britain

Seven more cases of foot and mouth have been confirmed across six British counties, taking the total number of cases to 103.

Thu, 08 Mar, 2001

Farmers urge stop to racing resumption

The National Farmers' Union in England have appealed for racing not to resume tomorrow.

Tue, 06 Mar, 2001

Racing: Cheltenham Festival now 'odds-on' to go ahead

Odds on the Cheltenham Festival going ahead have shortened with the announcement of the resumption of racing tomorrow.

Tue, 06 Mar, 2001

Horseracing: British racing gets go-ahead to resume

British racing will resume at Lingfield Park on Wednesday, the British Horseracing Board and Jockey Club have confirmed.

Mon, 05 Mar, 2001

UK Foot and mouth cases rise to 48

Another five cases of foot and mouth disease have been confirmed in Britain, bringing the total to 48.

Sat, 03 Mar, 2001

Six Nations: A international switched to Headingley

Friday's A international between England and Scotland has been switched from Newcastle to Leeds.

Thu, 01 Mar, 2001

Disease puts racing prospects in the balance

Racing's immediate future in the face of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease remains in the balance following a meeting of racing's rulers.

Mon, 26 Feb, 2001

Foot-and-mouth: sixth outbreak revealed

A sixth outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has been revealed.

Fri, 23 Feb, 2001

Brown set to announce livestock movement ban

British Agriculture Minister Nick Brown is expected to order a seven-day ban on all movements of livestock within Britain.

Fri, 23 Feb, 2001

Foot-and-mouth investigators close in source

Officials believe they are closing in on the source of foot-and-mouth disease.

Fri, 23 Feb, 2001

Farmers facing EU export ban over disease

European Union experts are meeting to decide whether to impose an immediate ban on all livestock exports from the UK.

Wed, 21 Feb, 2001