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A senseless badger cull won't save the UK's cows
Badgers have been made scapegoats for the farming community's inability to control bovine TB
"Dairy cows killed because they contracted mastitis (an infection of the udder) – 51,000; cows killed because they were not in calf – 75,000; cows killed because they were lame – 25,000; cows who simply died on farms – 24,000; cows killed because they got too old – 21,000. There are actually nine causes of death in cattle which outnumber those killed because they are suspected of having bovine TB".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/cif-green/2010/sep/20/brian-may-badgers-bovine-tb
Grasping opportunities to make a name for dairy farm
Exactly the sort of innovation that the UK's ailing dairy farmers may have to embrace to remain profitable - doorstep deliveries and unpasteurised milk - err, isn't this how it used to be?
http://www.farmersguardian.com/home/livestock/livestock-features/grasping-opportunities-to-make-a-name-for-dairy-farm/34205.article
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