Normally the family aim to milk a herd of around 120 cows, but at the moment they are only milking 70 cows
Dairy farmer Susie Mottershead said Joyce Watson's MS comments that dairy farmers with chronic TB should find another business was a kick in the teeth. "Never have I felt the mental health of farmers be so completely disregarded. We are that chronic bTB farm," she said
The Government's commitment to continue with the badger cull has been criticised by NFU as 'just warm words' which must be backed up in writing with a policy change
Joyce Watson's comments in the Senedd last week that dairy farms with perpetual TB 'should find another business' sparked fury amongst Welsh farmers and unions
Wales' Rural Affairs Minister said the policy of on-farm slaughter of heavily pregnant cows and heifers with TB is being considered as a ‘matter of priority' by her officials
Livestock farmers in Wales angry after Labour member for Mid and West Wales, Joyce Watson MS said dairy farms with 'perpetual TB should find another business'
Wales' Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths said ‘steady progress' was being made in tackling bovine TB, but 'good biosecurity' on-farm was the best way to keep infection out
Ulster ²ÝÁñÉçÇø' Union president said the decision was a 'major blow' for livestock farmers, adding farming families have been on their knees due to this disease for generations
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With voters expected to go the polls in around 12 months' time, livestock farmers told ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian future policy on controlling bTB should not be part of ‘the political debate to be used as a vote winner'