Certification Updates
[29/05/2009]

Pig campaign wins major international awards
[29/05/2009]

Doors open for lamb exports to United Arab Emirates
[06/04/2009]

World Shorthorn Conference 2010 – A world of opportunity in the home of the breed
[23/03/2009]

Pig export news from ACMC
[23/03/2009]

UK’s Beef and Lamb exports up
[05/03/2009]

Breeding polled cattle made easier
[05/03/2009]

British pork exports hit £160million
[20/02/2009]

Genus expands business in China
[20/02/2009]

'Positive future' for dairy industry
[23/01/2009]

British Limousin Pedigree sales in 2008 exceed £5 million
[15/01/2009]

Pioneering export of British alpacas to Qatar
[19/12/2008]

New pig breeding base in Bulgaria
[17/12/2008]

New Export Manager For Cogent
[09/12/2008]

Great demand for Great British Livestock
[21/11/2008]

Latest breed data reveal British beef herd changes
[10/11/2008]

It's AI Greek to me!
[10/11/2008]

Ian Campbell takes top award
[01/11/2008]

British Texels fly the flag
[01/11/2008]

Defra and livestock industry announce UK export certification partnership (UKECP)
[28/10/2008]

Gene discovery pinpoints Limousin breed's carcase traits benefits
[10/10/2008]

Brirtish pig breeding company JSR extends contract in Japan
[10/10/2008]

NSA North Sheep 2009 to be staged in Lancashire
[01/10/2008]

Defra announces changes to Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) arrangements
[01/10/2008]

British beef cattle genetics in demand - cattle, embryos and semen go to Australia, Germany and Switzerland
[18/09/2008]

Importation of sheep and goat genetic material to the UK from non-EU countries
[18/09/2008]

British Texels get new CEO
[18/08/2008]

British breeder elected as World Limousin President
[08/08/2008]

An era ends; Stirling move!
[08/08/2008]

What is the UK exporting outside the European Union?
[31/07/2008]

Where there's muck ...
[14/07/2008]

One-stop-shop for livestock & meat figures
[14/07/2008]

Raising life standards for many by raising livestock
[14/07/2008]

ITAPG - a new company in the pig breeding and technology sector
[14/07/2008]

Make the world a smaller place!
[23/06/2008]

New boar stud in Cyprus a great success
[23/06/2008]

Get to the 'meat' of the UK industry's facts
[17/06/2008]

New Secretary for the Luings
[16/06/2008]

New UK Chief Veterinary Officer appointed
[10/06/2008]

Pig data sourcebook
[10/06/2008]

Dr John Moffitt CBE
[28/05/2008]

Cogent Sexed Semen Record
[27/05/2008]

Meat export demands buoys the British livestock market
[01/05/2008]

Vertebral column carcase controls ease - EU backs OIE backbone position
[22/04/2008]

New JSR Geneconverter 700 boar fights increasing feed costs
[15/04/2008]

UK regains official FMD-free status
[03/03/2008]

New bull stud opens in Scotland
[18/02/2008]

The role of the pre-implantation embryo in the vertical transmission of natural scrapie
[01/02/2008]

USA lifts export ban
[01/02/2008]

Luing fling to Ireland
[24/01/2008]

25 years of technical development and credit to British breeders
[11/01/2008]

China beefs up its production
[09/01/2008]

Breeding Sheep Exports to France
[09/01/2008]

Breed data highlights English cattle herd trends
[09/01/2008]

Global threat to pork industry
[27/09/2007]

JSR plays a major role in Polish pig expansion
[07/08/2007]

Meat Industry figures
[18/07/2007]

Harper Adams College and JSR team up for new research
[07/07/2007]

EBLEX beefs up eating quality
[07/07/2007]

Into Africa
[27/03/2007]

One million pounds we didn't have a year ago!
[27/03/2007]

What's happening to British calf numbers and prices
[25/03/2007]

Nine Hereford bulls go to France
[24/03/2007]

Sauvignon Reigns in France!
[24/03/2007]

Herefords return to Germany and France
[27/02/2007]

"British Livestock" - a new magazine
[23/02/2007]

Export boost for Aberdeen-Angus
[11/02/2007]

Sexed Limousin Semen – a world first!
[11/02/2007]

Animal welfare in transport: new EU rules enter into force
[05/01/2007]

Opportunities in the genetics of cattle health and beef production.
[04/01/2007]

News Archive - 2006
[31/12/2006]

News Archive - 2005
[31/12/2005]

News Archive - 2004
[31/12/2004]

Click on any of the news stories above for further information

Welcome to the British Livestock Genetics Consortium's website. This page of news items is updated frequently and is a good source of topical news from the livestock breeding sector. You can get to BLG directly from the Contacts page or you can access members from the Members' page. The Events page tells you of forthcoming events where there is some British involvement and the International Show Diary is your key to the principal livestock events around the world. No need to chase around, look here!

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BLG is a National pan-industry consortium formed to assist in the development and maintenance of profitable long-term business generated by exports of British livestock and genetics.BLG aims to do this by creating a positive, favourable image in international markets and promoting Britain as a supplier of high quality animals and germplasm.

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