Foot-and-mouth 20 Years On: Cattle sector looked to rebuild after crisis

Neil Shand, chairman of the National Beef Association, said the amount of cattle lost in the 2001 foot-and-mouth crisis amounted to the size of England’s current suckler herd.

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
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Foot-and-mouth 20 Years On: Cattle sector looked to rebuild after crisis

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