Defra power outage means farmers cannot register cattle on BCMS

A power outage has affected the British Cattle Movements Service

Alex Black
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Defra power outage means farmers cannot register cattle on BCMS

Farmers have been unable to register cattle movements, with the Rural Payments Agency saying it was experiencing technical issues with cattle tracing system (CTS) online, the British Cattle Movements Service...

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