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Farmers must do more to combat bovine tuberculosis – arguably the biggest challenge facing the UK's beef and dairy industries, says an independent report.There are no easy answers to bovine TB, says Sir Charles Godfray's review of the government's 25-year strategy to eradicate the disease and ensure England is TB-free by 2038.Published on Tuesday (13 November), the report says badger culling can make a modest but real difference – and argues that livestock farmers must take more responsibility to help reduce the spread of the disease.This should include better on-farm biosecurity, curtailing livestock movements that risk spreading bovine TB and a new government body to oversee the fight against the disease, it adds.