From the editor: "Celebrity endorsement becomes 'fact', which needs challenging"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

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From the editor: "Celebrity endorsement becomes 'fact', which needs challenging"

Although his views may be more rock star than APHA, Sir Brian May has done more to raise the profile of bovine TB than the industry has achieved over several years. But like so many celebrities stomping...

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