Bovine TB

A new UK-wide bTB entry level membership scheme is set to roll out across the UK in the coming months.

Eradication of Bovine TB (bTB) must be prioritised by the next Welsh Government, the Farmers’ Union of Wales animal health and welfare committee has said.

Defra Secretary George Eustice has defended the Government’s intention to phase out badger culling in England, despite the policy having more than halved disease incidence rates.

Defra said its new Bovine TB Partnership will be a driving force in helping to progress the Government’s aim of eradicating the disease by 2038. Olivia Midgley speaks to two farmers on the board. 

A domestic cat in Ireland contracted TB from a badger which had been vaccinated with the BCG vaccine.

The Prime Minister’s fianc and animal rights activist, Carrie Symonds, is said to wield significant power in Number 10. But should farmers be worried? Abi Kay reports.

An online appeal has been launched to financially help a dairy farming family who lost a fifth of their herd to Bovine TB (bTB).

The Prime Minister’s fiancé and animal rights activist, Carrie Symonds, is said to wield significant power in Number 10. But should farmers be worried? Abi Kay reports.

The NFU has hit out at a new Defra consultation on badger culling in England, branding it political and contradictory.

The NFU has hit out at a new Defra consultation on badger culling in England, branding it ‘political’ and ‘contradictory’.