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

Sheep farmers have vowed to oppose any government plans to buy up sheep quota in a bid to cut the size of the national flock.

National Sheep Association chief executive John Thorley said proposals by rural recovery co-ordinator Lord Haskins would damage the industry.

The National Farmers Union has also expressed its concern over recommendations in Lord Haskins’ rural recovery report.

Lord Haskins has insisted that the scheme is an opportunity for producers to reduce their flocks rather than a bid to reduce the number of farmers.

For this story and full reaction, click on the headlines below.

Kind regards,

Johann Tasker
News editor

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HEADLINES

Sheep farmers oppose buy-up plan
SHEEP farmers have vowed to oppose any government plans to buy up sheep quota in a bid to cut the size of the national flock. http://www.fwi.co.uk/Live/fwi-ext.asp?site=email&fileno=24515

Families dismiss rural recovery plan
FAMILY farmers claim the rural recovery plan unveiled by Lord Haskins will do little to help them bounce back after foot-and-mouth. http://www.fwi.co.uk/Live/fwi-ext.asp?site=email&fileno=24513

NFU award honours farming reporter
ONE of farming’s most colourful journalists is to have an award named after him in memory of the contribution he made to the industry. http://www.fwi.co.uk/Live/fwi-ext.asp?site=email&fileno=24510

Farm director backs Haskins report
THE director of a big farming estate in one of the counties hardest hit by foot-and-mouth has voiced support for Lord Haskins’ rural recovery plan. http://www.fwi.co.uk/Live/fwi-ext.asp?site=email&fileno=24508

Warm weather brings on the pests
RECENT warm weather has been damned as much as it has been welcomed by growers pressing on with the autumn workload. http://www.fwi.co.uk/Live/fwi-ext.asp?site=email&fileno=24506

Spray use survey under way
AN extensive and thorough survey of pesticide practice in the UK has finally got off the ground, the Crop Protection Association has confirmed. http://www.fwi.co.uk/Live/fwi-ext.asp?site=email&fileno=24505

Spud levy rise ‘scandalous’ – growers
PLANS to raise the British Potato Council's levy by nine per cent have met stiff opposition. http://www.fwi.co.uk/Live/fwi-ext.asp?site=email&fileno=24503

Farm leaders demand emergency aid
FARM leaders called for emergency aid for agriculture after the government awarded another £24 million to non-farming rural businesses. http://www.fwi.co.uk/Live/fwi-ext.asp?site=email&fileno=24502

French-style contracts for NI farmers?
FRENCH-style land management contracts could be the way to redirect subsidies in Northern Ireland, according to the Ulster Farmers' Union. http://www.fwi.co.uk/Live/fwi-ext.asp?site=email&fileno=24501

Pig export hopes for more counties
MORE British counties should be given the all-clear to start exporting pigmeat again, as long as they have no fresh outbreaks of foot-and-mouth. http://www.fwi.co.uk/Live/fwi-ext.asp?site=email&fileno=24500

Haskins report – what the papers say
LORD HASKINS' plans for a rural recovery after foot-and-mouth have prompted widespread coverage in Britain's national newspapers. http://www.fwi.co.uk/Live/fwi-ext.asp?site=email&fileno=24499

Sheep BSE tests – on cows’ brains
GOVERNMENT scientists spent five years trying to find out if BSE had infected sheep have mistakenly been testing the brains of cows instead. http://www.fwi.co.uk/Live/fwi-ext.asp?site=email&fileno=24498

Readers demand public inquiry
THE government could be forced to hold a full public inquiry into foot-and-mouth if FARMERS WEEKLY and three other titles force a judicial review.
http://www.fwi.co.uk/Live/fwi-ext.asp?site=email&fileno=24496

100,000 want truth on foot-and-mouth
SIGNATURES from more than 100,000 people support the campaign for a full public inquiry into the foot-and-mouth crisis. http://www.fwi.co.uk/Live/fwi-ext.asp?site=email&fileno=24495

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FOOT AND MOUTH LATEST OUTBREAKS

No new cases confirmed today.
Total confirmed cases stands at 2030 as at 17.00 19 October 2001.
Last confirmed case was 30 September 2001

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