TB

A change in farming system has streamlined the farming business for the Griffiths family, allowing them to place a greater emphasis on efficient forage production and utilisation. Ellie Layton reports.

Brian May said the short-film would try and convince farmers about ending badger culling which 'needlessly' killed animals

Farming Community Network said it hoped the delivery of wellbeing training to bodies such as the Animal and Plant Health Agency and Natural England would lead to more empathetic conversations with farmers

At the moment in-calf cows and heifers which fail bovine TB tests must be culled on-farm before giving birth

Identifying residual disease risk in Pembrokeshire will be at the project’s core, alongside developing a pathway to reduce cattle-to-cattle transmission

Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths said 'progress' continued to be made with tackling bTB in Wales, but acknowledged it was ‘slow'. She asked for farmers and vets to 'redouble their efforts'

The Hughes family are among those heading to the Royal Welsh Show to compete with cattle in the pedigree and commercial classes. Ellie Layton reports

The first of two Down to Earth events, organised by RABDF, took place in Somerset, with speakers and exhibitors focusing on all things regenerative farming. Ellie Layton reports. 

Welsh conservative assembly member Janet Finch-Saunders asked Ms Griffiths why there is not an ‘even playing field' when it comes to the bTB testing charts across Wales, England and Scotland