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Somerset grower blames weather app claiming heavy rain was not predicted

"It is quite scary when we have one viewpoint being pushed which could hurt so many farm businesses"

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

Following the Brian May documentary broadcast on BBC last week, Farmers Guardian looks at the impact of the programme on the farming sector.

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’

Reports of 'hasty rewrites' after screening failed to reveal farm had faced three instances of bTB reinfection following filming

Anger mounts following legal challenges and Brian May badger documentary