Farming matters: Lord Robert Douglas-Miller - 'The science is clear that the tide is turning on bovine TB'

Although new in my job as Biosecurity Minister, I do not need to be told what a tragedy bovine TB has been for British farming

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Farming matters: Lord Robert Douglas-Miller - 'The science is clear that the tide is turning on bovine TB'

It has taken a terrible toll on farmers, whose mental anguish is incalculable and costs taxpayers more than £100 million every year. Our ‘Bovine TB Eradication Strategy for England', published in 2014,...

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