James Robinson on bTB: "Give us the choice to at least stand and fight"

Cumbrian dairy farmer and FG columnist, James Robinson, provides an account of the bovine TB situation on his farm and airs his frustration at not being able to identify the root cause

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Two Fridays a week apart, clutching the bits of paper in my hands, nervously waiting for what was coming my way. The first Friday was when I was giving a closing plenary speech to represent the farming...

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