Archive Article: 1997/10/31

31 October 1997

uNEW rules on valuing cattle destined for the selective cull came in to force this week.

The change means farmers with 10 or fewer animals earmarked for slaughter will be allowed to use just one valuer, rather than two, to determine compensation rates.

The amendment was announced in the summer, in a bid to speed up the culls progress. So far, almost 40,000 UK cattle have been slaughtered under the selective cull scheme.