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The agri-food system is very exposed  - and was even before the war in Ukraine and its implications. Nitrogen fertilizer has been the bedrock of how farming happens, and its availability has led to a very specific type of food production to flourish. Decisions must be made - about feeding people, about feeding pigs, about how a grass-based system can really function sustainably. Op-Ed from Stuart Meikle.   The agri-food system is very exposed  - and was even before the war in Ukraine and its implications. Nitrogen fertilizer has been the bedrock of how farming happens, and its availability...

Horsetalk.co.nz West Nile Virus surveillance protocols needed for African equids, say scientists Working horses on the road to the Simien Mountains National Park in Ethiopia. Photo by A.Davey A high seroprevalence of West Nile Virus among equids in some regions of Africa shows that a workable regional or sub-regional surveillance protocol is required, according to researchers. Olaolu Olufemi, Marta Barba and Janet Daly, in a review published in the journal Pathogens, said their work highlighted the scarcity of seroprevalence studies among African equids for the virus. West Nile Viru...

I am indebted to Alan Young for a number of the images in these articles about the Micklehurst Loop. This is his drawing of the Loop which appears at the head of his article about the Loop on the Disused Stations website. It is used with his kind permission, (c) Alan Young. [7] During January 2021, my wife and I walked the majority of the length of the Micklehurst Loop from Stalybridge to Diggle. This was the goods relieving line for the main Stalybridge to Huddersfield railway line. It had been hoped to alleviate congestion by making the mainline into a 4-track railway but the geography mit...

(Photos: Facebook/Rufford Old Hall) SPRING is in full swing and beautiful wildflowers are beginning to bloom in England. This means that you might also be able to see carpets of bluebells in woodland and countryside areas. Bluebells usually flower from mid-April to late May depending on the weather. The flower itself is slow to establish and it can take 5-7 years for them to develop from a seed to a flower. The bluebell is also protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981), meaning it’s prohibited to dig up the plant or bulb in the countryside is prohibited and lando...