Dairy firms urge ministry action as Foot-and-Mouth disease cuts milk supply, raises costs - Times Kuwait

According to one professional organization, compensation does not provide real help to many pig farmers.

After foot and mouth disease was detected in a sacrificial animal brought to the animal market in the Tosya district of Kastamonu, all animals in the sacrificial animal market and in 25 neighborhoods and 15 villages affiliated to the district were quarantined.

Hortobágy's tourist attractions can be visited again from Friday, after the restrictions previously imposed due to the foot-and-mouth disease epidemic were eased, the Hortobágy National Park Directorate (HNPI) and the Hortobágy Nature Conservation and Gene Conservation Nonprofit Ltd. informed MTI in a joint statement on Thursday. They highlighted that the Hortobágy Wildlife Park will be open from May 16, and the extra safari optional service, th…

“We are leaving with the same uncertainty that we brought,” the Patagonian Rural Bloc said on Thursday, in a statement summarizing what was the meeting that agricultural leaders of that area of the country had with national authorities, to discuss the present and future of the health barrier against foot-and-mouth disease. It is worth recalling that, two months ago, the national government shook the board by removing the health barrier that divi…

The government is providing compensation to pig farmers in areas restricted due to foot-and-mouth disease, who can apply for the support at district offices, the Ministry of Agriculture announced.

Pig farmers who kept slaughter pigs in the restricted area due to foot-and-mouth disease are entitled to compensation.