1+ hour, 24+ min ago   (340+ words) The British bases’ police force on Thursday said that it has launched an operation aimed at tackling the phenomenon of illegal hunting. The operation, named “Operation Hunter”, is, according to the bases’ police force, “designed to prevent and detect poaching,…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (226+ words) Agriculture Minister Christos Senekis said on Saturday that his ministry aimed to hear the views and needs of farmers ahead of the revision of agricultural policy, with particular emphasis on strengthening the primary sector. “Our goal is to listen to…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (267+ words) Cyprus is opening a new route to finance for farmers whose investment plans have already been approved, as the government looks to turn its €454 million agricultural programme into viable projects and breathe new life into rural communities. The aim, he…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (346+ words) The ‘voice of the livestock breeders’ condemned the veterinary services on Monday over its handling of compensation payments to farmers whose animals were culled during this year’s foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. Speaking on CyBC’s, union chief Neophytos Neophytou said that seven…...

4+ week, 23+ hour ago   (322+ words) A group of livestock breeders blocked the entrance to the veterinary services headquarters in Nicosia on Wednesday, demanding immediate payment of compensation they say remains outstanding following this year’s foot and mouth disease outbreak. The protesters parked trucks outside the…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1018+ words) Every day, Sotiris Kadis still drives out to his farm. He unlocks the gates, walks through the yard and sits for a while among the empty pens where hundreds of sheep once stood. Now there is nothing left to feed,…...

3+ mon, 11+ hour ago   (780+ words) Farmers have agreed to accept the culling of livestock on farms where foot and mouth disease has been detected, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Tuesday. She announced the “immediate completion” of livestock culling, which was later clarified to mean…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (318+ words) Livestock farmers will gather before the presidential palace on Friday to protest the management of the foot and mouth disease and demand a meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides, the newly founded association ‘Voice of Livestock Farmers’ said on Thursday. “We…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago   (469+ words) The association “Voice of Livestock Farmers” has branded the controversy over sampling procedures a “major fiasco” with a protest expected to take place outside the presidential palace on Friday morning. Stella Petrou, spokeswoman for livestock association Voice of the Livestock…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (517+ words) Multiple dead sheep were seen discarded in an open skip, reportedly following recent culling measures linked to foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the industrial zone of Athienou raising concerns. The carcasses were left exposed in a waste container for an extended…...