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Bluetongue Means Crisis for UK Farmers

PM signals possible compensation for crippled industry

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 30, 2007 4:54 PM CDT

(Newser) – Bluetongue cases will keep infecting UK cattle and mire farmers in a financial crisis, possibly for years, the Guardian reports. Almost a dozen cows have been hit so far, the first tremor of UK bluetongue after 3,000 cattle were hit this summer in Northern...   Read full story »

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