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Government says TB compensation policy for farmers 'warrants' further review

The Government said 'we owed it to farmers and taxpayers alike' to consider whether current TB compensation arrangements remained ‘appropriate, affordable and sustainable’

Rachael Brown
Chief Reporter
clock • 3 min read
Government says TB compensation policy for farmers 'warrants' further review

Future discussions on bovine TB compensation must be shaped with farmers and should only be considered once the government's TB strategy had delivered ‘clear and sustained reductions' in disease levels'....

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