It will be so good to see them all out. At the same time I'm very nervous about it. Plus the ground is still very wet and the cows will make a dreadful mess to start with. The new contiguous cull policy is now on the MAFF web site. It isn't much of a relaxation at all.
Some cows stand more of a chance.
If they're lucky. If they were grazing in the right place on the 1st February. If I have a farm where cattle have throughout the period of the disease been kept 200m from the boundary of an infected premises, that farm would be culled. He obviously hasn't been out into the countryside in Devon, where 200m can mean several 10ft high hedgebanks lying in between. News Click GO to stream the live ITN News channel to your desktop.