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The Labour Partys new Shadow Defra Secretary, Jim McMahon, has claimed culls are only effective in the sense that you have a dead badger at the end of it.

Farming unions have expressed concern that the Welsh Government’s latest TB consultation has failed to assess the impact its proposals will have on farm finances, cattle welfare and veterinary capacity.Ìý

The new officeholder team at NFU Cymru have urged Plaid Cymru to keep pushing Labour on bovine TB policy, despite the deal the two parties have reached to work together.

Welsh farms and marts could be put out of business by a proposal to penalise the purchase of ‘risky’ bovine TB (bTB) cattle, industry leaders have warned.

NFU president Minette Batters has hit out at Prime Minister Boris Johnson for his political interference in agricultural policy development.Ìý

The Welsh Conservatives have said fresh data showing an increase in new herd incidents and cattle slaughterings shows ‘no progress’ has been made in tackling Bovine TB in Wales.

The Welsh Conservatives have said fresh data showing an increase in new herd incidents and cattle slaughterings shows no progress has been made in tackling Bovine TB in Wales.

The Welsh Government has been accused of seeking to slash compensation payouts to farmers whose cattle go down with bovine TB.

Genetic contact tracing to identify the source of a bTB outbreak could be another tool in the armoury for managing the disease, scientists have claimed.

The Welsh Government has been urged to review the cap on compensation for animals slaughtered under the bovine TB eradication programme.