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Bovine Tuberculosis

In your field: James Robinson - "Another three cows left the farm last week on a one-way trip due to bovine TB"

In your field

In your field: James Robinson - "Another three cows left the farm last week on a one-way trip due to bovine TB"

James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his parents Kathleen and Henry, wife Michelle and sons Robert and Chris. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

clock 07 May 2024 • 2 min read
In your field: Alan Carter - "The new bull obviously has settled in very well"

In your field

In your field: Alan Carter - "The new bull obviously has settled in very well"

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162 hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, with 130 milking cows, supplying Saputo. Alan, also a Parish Councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana

clock 15 April 2024 • 3 min read
In your field: James Robinson - "Getting into nature has been a way to clear my head of the bovine TB worry"

In your field

In your field: James Robinson - "Getting into nature has been a way to clear my head of the bovine TB worry"

James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his parents Kathleen and Henry, wife Michelle and sons Robert and Chris. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

clock 04 April 2024 • 2 min read
Farming matters: Ian Rickman - "We need to see change in Welsh agricultural policy"

Politics

Farming matters: Ian Rickman - "We need to see change in Welsh agricultural policy"

As a glass-half-full person, I am hopeful that the new Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, Huw Irranca-Davies, will bring with him new insight, new vigour and new ideas

clock 03 April 2024 • 3 min read
Íæż½ã½ã Podcast: Shadow Defra Secretary, Steve Reed looks to re-establish Labour's connection with farmers and rural communities

Podcasts

Íæż½ã½ã Podcast: Shadow Defra Secretary, Steve Reed looks to re-establish Labour's connection with farmers and rural communities

As Labour looks to pick up rural votes in the run-up to a General Election, Rachael Brown speaks to Shadow Defra Secretary Steve Reed about the party’s plans for the countryside

clock 29 March 2024 • 5 min read
Welsh farming family call out 'heart-wrenching' bTB slaughter policy

Livestock

Welsh farming family call out 'heart-wrenching' bTB slaughter policy

The Cornock family from Pembrokeshire said the impact of TB on the farm has become 'much worse' since being put under severe interpretation testing. Their hard has dropped significantly from 338 to 243

clock 01 March 2024 • 2 min read
Industry cannot 'test its way out of bovine TB', farm vet warns

Livestock

Industry cannot 'test its way out of bovine TB', farm vet warns

Devon farm vet, Mr Dick Sibley, said he has been removed from Defra's bovine TB partnership group for ‘challenging' the current bTB programme and its lack of strategic approach

clock 01 March 2024 • 3 min read
In your field: James Robinson - "Bovine TB policy, it is like wading through treacle"

Livestock

In your field: James Robinson - "Bovine TB policy, it is like wading through treacle"

James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his parents Kathleen and Henry, wife Michelle and sons Robert and Chris. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

clock 23 February 2024 • 3 min read
Farming matters - Phil Latham: "I was uncertain as to whether I could carry on"

Livestock

Farming matters - Phil Latham: "I was uncertain as to whether I could carry on"

In March 2012 I was notified that one of our cows looked like she had bovine TB in her organs after slaughter

clock 23 February 2024 • 3 min read
Concerns over NI TB compensation cuts put to the new Agriculture Minister

Politics

Concerns over NI TB compensation cuts put to the new Agriculture Minister

UFU president David Brown said: "We made a strong case against proposed TB livestock valuation cuts and underlined the crucial difference between compensation and valuations. We stressed that these cuts would alienate farmers

clock 18 February 2024 • 2 min read