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TB gloom dominates opening conference session

The issue of bovine TB is always top of the agenda at the NFU Conference and this year is no exception.

But what is new is the level of frustration at what farmers see as a lack of action by government.

DEFRA secretary Hilary Benn was heckled by an audience member as he tried to answer questions about the government's strategy on TB. There were also some low-level jeers as he explained that he had to consider the "public acceptability" of sanctioning a badger cull.

It would seem that farmers are no longer prepared to hold back when it comes to explaining the problems they are facing because of bovine TB.

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