| He runs an Aberdeen Angus herd near Skipton and sits on the West Riding National Farmers' Union's livestock committee. |
| While use rights in livestock are transferred frequently, ownership rights are predominantly transferred after the death of a herd owner. |
| Aside from causing pregnant cows to abort, this would threaten the state's brucellosis-free status, and hence its vital livestock industry. |
| It paid farmers to take acreage out of cultivation and to reduce livestock herds. |
| There is a huge loss of livestock on account of shortage of fodder and water. |
| This livestock disease is endemic in countries unable to afford intensive agriculture, yet has been absent from Europe for three decades. |
