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2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: "Infectious diseases do not respect borders or species barriers, and we ignore this at our peril"

2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: "Infectious diseases do not respect borders or species barriers, and we ignore this at our peril"

Before his career in politics, Epping Forest MP Dr Neil Hudson was a veterinary inspector who was on the frontline of the foot-and-mouth outbreak in 2001. Dr Hudson remembers the once bustling farms which became empty, the impact it had on the sector's mental health, and why the current Government should never take the UK's national biosecurity for granted

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Dr Neil Hudson
clock 18 February 2026 鈥� 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Milly Denning: "Buying British should mean so much more"

clock 18 February 2026 鈥� 2 min read
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锘�2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: "For some, the battle was too much"

clock 17 February 2026 鈥� 3 min read
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Letters: "Supporting farmers is about much more than just a weekly shop"

clock 17 February 2026 鈥� 1 min read
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锘�2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: "I do not want to see that happen again in my lifetime"

clock 16 February 2026 鈥� 2 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Lynette Steel: "Farming in the UK is under real pressure"

clock 16 February 2026 鈥� 3 min read
In your field

In your field: Emma Robinson 鈥� "My granddaughter loves all things farming 鈥� it really is a very special upbringing on a farm"

clock 16 February 2026 鈥� 3 min read
In your field: Kate Rowell 鈥� "We still look back on the monitor farm experience as a catalyst for the positive growth of our business"

In your field

In your field: Kate Rowell 鈥� "We still look back on the monitor farm experience as a catalyst for the positive growth of our business"

Kate is a fifth-generation farmer running the 750-hectare (1,853-acre) Hundleshope 51AV视频on the Haystoun Estate, Peebles, where the family have been tenants for 150 years. She runs the hill unit with her husband Ed and their four children. She is also a vet and chair of Quality Meat Scotland

clock 15 February 2026 鈥� 3 min read
Farming Matters: Danny Chambers 鈥� "It is time we got a grip on meat smuggling to protect British farming and the public"

Rural crime

Farming Matters: Danny Chambers 鈥� "It is time we got a grip on meat smuggling to protect British farming and the public"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Danny Chambers, vet and Liberal Democrat MP for Winchester

clock 14 February 2026 鈥� 3 min read
EXCLUSIVE - Sir Alec Shelbrooke: "It is the sense of community that softens the stresses and strains of rural life"

Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Sir Alec Shelbrooke: "It is the sense of community that softens the stresses and strains of rural life"

Wetherby and Easingwold MP Sir Alec Shelbrooke writes on how the shooting industry plays an important role to the economy and rural way of life, the countryside's backlash to the proposed shotgun licence merger, and why the Government risks breaking the very spirit that's sustained farming communities for generations

clock 13 February 2026 鈥� 3 min read