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Wood fibre cost fall
Wood fibre costs for the global pulp industry fell in the 2Q/10 after having increased for 18 months, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly
The global pulp industry benefited from lower wood fibre costs and higher product prices in the 2Q/10. Wood chip and pulpwood prices fell the most in the US, Sweden, Finland, Australia and Eastern Canada. Both the softwood and hardwood wood fiber price indices (SFPI and HFPI) fell for the first time since early 2009, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.
 
Safferys spokesperson on renewables
The Landed Estates & Rural Business Group of Chartered Accountants, Saffery Champness, has appointed Shirley Mathieson as a press spokesperson on environmental and green issues. Shirley joins a group of partners who have a wealth of experience in advising large rural estates and who provide advice to the press on all aspects of tax and rural business management. A partner at the Inverness office, Shirley provides specialist accounts and tax advice to private clients, landed estates and commercial organisations.
 
West Midlands rural regeneration conference

Advantage West Midlands-backed Rural Regeneration Zone (RRZ) Annual Conference will focus on working together to deliver rural regeneration in a new era.  The high profile event, which is being held at Ludlow Racecourse on Friday 2nd July, will provide a unique opportunity to look at ways in which the Zone is helping drive forward the area’s emergence from the downturn and the opportunities/challenges that will no doubt arise from a new political landscape. A new announcement on broadband provision will headline the Conference and there will be a host of keynote speakers on hand to debate present and future issues, including Chairman of Advantage West Midlands Sir Roy McNulty, Jon Dover from Care Farming West Midlands and the possibility of a Minister from the new coalition Government.
 

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Home Sporting Vets back badger cull
Vets back badger cull PDF Print E-mail
Written by Alf Maxwell   
Monday, 18 January 2010 07:25

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has welcomed a pilot badger cull in Wales . 

The Welsh Assembly Government agreed to the culls - which will take place mainly in the north of Pembrokeshire - on Wednesday, 13 January 2010. The cull will also take place in small areas of Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire, where 42 per cent of cattle owners have had at least one case of TB in their herd since 2003.

Badgers are believed to be responsible for spreading the disease amongst cattle. 

Nicky Paull, former president of the BVA, said the move demonstrated a commitment by the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) to tackle the disease. The assembly also passed stricter measures on keeping cattle. 
@We are pleased that the WAG recognises that the targeted cull must take place alongside stricter cattle measures as there is no single solution to tackling this devastating disease,” he says. “Farmers will also have to understand the huge importance of implementing the stricter cattle measures. The rest of the UK will be watching the pilot cull with interest and we applaud the Welsh Assembly Government and Chief Veterinary Officer for Wales for taking such a bold step.”
Last Updated on Monday, 18 January 2010 07:30
 
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