Animals Farmed: fast-growing chickens, river pollution and VR for cows

Welcome to our monthly roundup of the biggest issues in farming and food production, with must-read reports from around the webCalls are growing for an EU ban on the live export of farm animals after a botched shipment of calves from France to Algeria. The young bulls were destined for slaughter but unloading was refused because of incorrect health certificates. The bureaucratic spat lasted three weeks, leaving the bulls stuck on the vessel before being "emergency killed" back in France. Continue reading...