Farming matters: Phil Latham - 'Farmers depend on bTB policy success, but have no voice in its governance'

It is that time of year again when there is intense tension between the agricultural community desperate to reduce bovine TB and those that seek to protect badgers.

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Farming matters: Phil Latham - 'Farmers depend on bTB policy success, but have no voice in its governance'

It is that time of year again when there is intense tension between the agricultural community desperate to reduce bovine TB and those that seek to protect badgers. On the one hand, you have those whose...

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