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Ian farms in partnership with his family near Knutsford, Cheshire. They manage 700 commercial pedigree Holstein/Friesians on 445 hectares (1,100 acres). Replacements are home reared and cows are on a composite system

Vets Dr John Gallagher and Roger Blowey give their view on the BBC documentary 'Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me'

Defra said the new approach will use a 'data-led and scientific approach to end the badger cull by the end of this parliament'

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162 hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, with 130 milking cows, supplying Saputo. Alan, also a Parish Councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana

Programme met with dismay and disappointment as industry condemns 'one-sided' view

BBC documentary 'Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me' has been blasted by farming groups as ‘irresponsible, inaccurate and unacceptable’

Campaigners say rock legend's long-held anti-cull views will make show 'partisan'

Groups launch legal challenges saying Government has broken manifesto promises to end badger cull

Rock legend says content will will turn cattle farming practices ‘upside down'