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FARMERS WEEKLY INTERACTIVE NEWSLETTER
9 October 2001
http://www.fwi.co.uk
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Welcome to the FWi newsletter,

Plans to limit the amount of time farm workers spend on their tractors to just two or three hours a day have moved a step closer.

MEPs at an Employment and Social Affairs committee meeting in Brussels voted in favour of the measure on Tuesday (9 October).

The legislation is intended to limit the exposure of workers to vibrations from machinery to protect them from the risk of ill health.

But it has drawn widespread condemnation from industry leaders who say farmers would incur massive costs if the measure is approved.

For further details on these and other stories click on the links below.

Kind regards,

Johann Tasker
News editor

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HEADLINES

No action after ‘cruel’ virus cull
A SLAUGHTERMAN who took pot shots at a flock of sheep during the foot-and-mouth crisis will not be prosecuted, the RSPCA has admitted. http://www.fwi.co.uk/Live/fwi-ext.asp?site=email&fileno=24360

Euro-MPs back tractor hours limit
PLANS to limit the amount of time farm workers can spend on their tractors to just two or three hours a day have moved a step closer. http://www.fwi.co.uk/Live/fwi-ext.asp?site=email&fileno=24358

Farming not in terminal decline: CLA
BRITISH farming is not in terminal decline, delegates at the Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool were set to be told on Tuesday (9 October). http://www.fwi.co.uk/Live/fwi-ext.asp?site=email&fileno=24356

GM crops are safe, declares Brussels
GENETICALLY modified crops are probably safer than conventional plants and foods, the European Commission has declared. http://www.fwi.co.uk/Live/fwi-ext.asp?site=email&fileno=24354

Major probe into animal medicines
THE Office of Fair Trading has ordered a major investigation into the market for prescription-only veterinary medicines. http://www.fwi.co.uk/Live/fwi-ext.asp?site=email&fileno=24349

Plan to raise scrapie compensation
THE government plans to triple compensation rates for scrapie in a bid to address severe under-reporting of the sheep disease. http://www.fwi.co.uk/Live/fwi-ext.asp?site=email&fileno=24344

Express Dairies sells Dale Farm
EXPRESS Dairies and Golden Vale are selling Dale Farm dairies, their Northern Ireland liquid milk business. http://www.fwi.co.uk/Live/fwi-ext.asp?site=email&fileno=24343

Farmer faces trial on virus charges
THE pig producer whose farm was among the first to go down with foot-and-mouth is to stand trial on 22 charges relating to the disease. http://www.fwi.co.uk/Live/fwi-ext.asp?site=email&fileno=24341

Virus fight inadequate, inquiry told
THE public inquiry into Devon's foot-and-mouth crisis has heard how the disease affected one of the county's biggest farming estates. http://www.fwi.co.uk/Live/fwi-ext.asp?site=email&fileno=24339

‘Labour keeps farmers in the dark’
SHADOW Rural Affairs Secretary Peter Ainsworth claims that the government has inadequately explained its plans for the future of farming. http://www.fwi.co.uk/Live/fwi-ext.asp?site=email&fileno=24337

CROP CONFERENCES

• With world trade talks in chaos, the conferences explore the prospects for European and British agriculture
• Top industry speakers spell out the issues of environment and food safety
• Leading UK arable farmers set out how they plan to weather the storms

For further details visit http://www.fwi.co.uk/Live/fwi-ext3.asp?site=email&page=cropconfnew.html

ALL-EXPENSES-PAID TRIP TO HANOVER

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The company is inviting ten people to visit one of the most important showcases for new agricultural machinery – Agritechnica.

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NEW SERVICES

NEW! Farmer to Farmer
Six farm managers from Velcourt, one of the country’s biggest and most successful farmers join FWi as farm diarists. Find out the latest technical tips and progress from their farms. http://www.fwi.co.uk/Live/fwi-ext2.asp?site=email

PLUS

Seed Selector – FWi's exclusive guide to winter seed varieties, combining data from the HGCA-funded UK recommended list with expert advice from Crops deputy editor Gilly Johnson. http://www.fwi.co.uk/live/fwi-ext2.asp?site=email

FOOT AND MOUTH LATEST OUTBREAKS

No new cases confirmde today. Total confirmed cases stands at 2030 as at 17.00 9 October 2001.

For full details visit http://www.fwi.co.uk

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