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Hello and welcome to the Beef and Dairy Network podcast, the number one podcast for those involved,

or just interested, in the production of beef animals and dairy herds.

The Beef and Dairy Network podcast is the podcast companion to the Beef and Dairy Network website,

as well as the printed magazine brought to you by Quails 2.0.

Now, I don't need to tell you that it's been yet another dark, dark month for the beef industry.

Yakubinius Arse Syndrome continues to spread throughout the cattle population, not just here in the UK, but worldwide. The link between genetically modified quail and

the disease has now been officially confirmed. And although beef is safe to eat, even from

those animals infected by Jacobinus Arce syndrome, beef sales have fallen to their lowest on record,

and the beef price has fallen to its lowest ever, as long as you discount the 24 hours when the

UK government made beef free on VJ Day.

Cheap beef, of course, could seem like good news for consumers of beef, but it is a disaster

for beef farmers, many of whom have

already had to diversify into other income streams, such as pulling around tourists on an inflatable

tire on a rope across a greased tarpaulin. So I apologise for a gloomy start to this month's

show, which is a shame, of course, because it's my 10th anniversary of

presenting the Beef and Dairy Network. I remember my first episode vividly. I was so nervous I'd

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