Defra Secretary Theresa Villiers has admitted ‘engaging’ with Number 10 on the last-minute decision to stop the Derbyshire badger cull.
CHANNEL 4 and the BBC have come under fire from farm groups, who said the broadcasters have escalated media aggression towards the consumption of meat through ‘unbalanced’ reporting.
Rafoxanide is not an appropriate alternative to closantel when treating liver fluke, farmers warned.
The Tenant Farmers’ Association (TFA) has accused ex-Defra adviser Professor Sir Ian Boyd of lying, after he claimed livestock farmers were being paid by the Government to damage the environment.