Bovine TB

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

James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his parents Kathleen and Henry, wife Michelle and sons Robert and Chris. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

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'

Rural Affairs Secretary Huw Irranca-Davies said he wanted the board to be represented 'largely' by farmers, with a farmer also set to be named its chair