Zero-Grazed Livestock

EDM number 1370 in 2008-09, proposed by David Taylor on 28/04/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Agriculture.

That this House notes the growing trend towards the zero-grazing of dairy cows, lambs and milk-producing goats; further notes that this process confines animals to sheds for all or most of the year; is concerned that such systems are unduly restrictive and oppressive and that the limited investigations that have so far been carried out point to a higher incidence of health problems such as lameness, mastitis, laminitis, acidosis and infertility; and calls on the Government to commission and make publicly available independent research that assesses the scale of zero-grazing of dairy cattle, goats and sheep in the UK, as well as the physical and behavioural problems associated with this method of livestock farming.

This motion has been signed by a total of 106 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.