THE farming industry moved swiftly last night to reassure shoppers about the safety of Welsh lamb after meat was pulled from supermarket shelves because it might contain veterinary drugs. It warns there is a particular danger to any pregnant woman who has been exposed to regular doses of the drug, as high residue levels can affect foetal development. The firm had launched a review of its lamb procurement process and aims to buy more lambs direct from farms rather than livestock markets, he...

Everywhere on the top floor -- which is largely devoted to client Cargill Meat Solutions -- are posters of farm houses or cuts of beef, samples of the firm's work. That philosophy is helping Wichita's largest advertising and public relations agency fully recover from a painful downturn in billings five years ago. This year, SHS projects $103 million in capitalized billings, a common financial measure used in the advertising industry. It's a casual place filled with chairs of different...

The price of these animals has collapsed after the foot-and-mouth and bluetongue outbreaks and with the industry facing cashflow problems there is suspicion that some suppliers may be tempted to make quick profits by substituting cheaper breeding animals instead of buying lambs ready for the table. The price of these animals has collapsed after the foot-and-mouth and bluetongue outbreaks and with the industry facing cashflow problems there is suspicion that some suppliers may be tempted to...

The meat came from sheep sold for breeding purposes and contained medicines including one called Doramectin, which has caused sickness in laboratory animals repeatedly exposed to it. However, the FSA said the affected batches had been distributed to a number of other premises, and its investigation into the incident is continuing. Lamb recalled over drugs fear. No other supermarket chains were supplied with the affected meat, a spokesman for the firm said. These news feeds are provided by...

THE Australian sheep flock is now the smallest it has been for 82 years, with numbers hit hard by the drought and escalating grain prices at a time of surging world wool prices. Don Hamblin, president of thegrower representative body WoolProducers, said after several years of drought farmers had no fodder or cash reserves left. The flock now stands at 87million and is expected to fall by a further million this financial year. The most frustrating part is that wool prices are strong, up...