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Scotland's Agriculture Minister warned movement restrictions cannot be 'relied upon' to safeguard against the climb in bluetongue cases.

The volume of cases had overwhelmed the testing system

Welsh farmers have been warned the situation is 'evolving rapidly' and it was vital they remain vigilant of disease

Scotland's deputy chief vet, Jesus Gallego Garnica said he was hopeful it would be up and running 'as soon as possible', but that it was out of Scottish Government's hands.

This week from the Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

Wales' Chief Veterinary Officer, Richard Irvine urged all farmers to remain vigilant for not just bluetongue, but for other notifiable animal diseases

A 'substantial delivery' of Bultavo-3 vaccine has been distributed this week, but it will 'not cover all back orders', and further shipments were coming.

The move was aiming to speed up the process of providing results with ‘significant delays’ being reported with the Pirbright Institute seeing a substantial backlog

With bluetongue cases rising across England, Wales and Scotland, we take a look at the myths circulating around the farming community

NFU representatives and farmers discuss the latest on the bluetongue crisis, emergency funding for high fallen stock numbers, and strategies to better protect farm businesses in the future.