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
Several workers and two abattoirs have been hauled before the courts following three Food Standards Agency (FSA) investigations into animal cruelty claims