Animal Health

A new Farmers Guardian Podcast recorded at the Royal Cornwall Show lays bare the emotional and financial toll of bovine TB and what it will really take to beat it by 2038

A shift to local, targeted control of bovine TB, with farmers driving decisions rather than waiting on centralised direction or being hampered by political interference, lies at the heart of the new plan to make England bTB-free by 2038

The Hungarian authorities have ordered the culling of 3,000 pigs

The zones in place across Great Britain have been lifted from noon today (June 4)

Reducing risk through good biosecurity is especially important for the poultry sector with bird flu remaining a serious risk across the UK

But researchers emphasised there were ‘unanswered questions’ and some farmers have experienced serious problems in their herds

Defra says the revised strategy introduces a more flexible, risk-based framework designed to control disease effectively without imposing severe restrictions on famers and producers

Concerns within the farming community about the consequences of re-introducing the large apex predator were highlighted in the survey

Aberfeldy beef and sheep farmer Martin Kennedy has urged Defra to reconsider the benefits of taking forward an industry-led approach to adopting ultra high frequency bovine electronic identification across the UK

Industry defends farmers saying production supports sustained demand for UK eggs