Bacteria can be used to break down used sheep dip, preventing bees and fish from dying because of soil and river contamination, scientists heard today (Wednesday 10 September 2008) at the Society for ...

Welsh farmers are to be banned from disposing of waste sheep dip on their land, over concerns the liquid chemical treatment is polluting rivers. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) said it had measured ...

However, during the summer months with an increase in sheep sales farmers need to remain extra vigilant for sheep scab. Hill farmers farming on common grazing are also at a higher risk with sheep scab ...

Meat from lambs raised on 300 farms in Wales could have been contaminated due to an illegal chemical sheep dip that is thought to have been used by some farmers. Some farmers in Wales are believed to ...