21.   Yet British farmers have not been responding to domestic demand.

22.   A spokesman said British farmers were not convinced that an emergency vaccination of cattle, approved by the European Union on Wednesday, would be effective.

23.   After the Oxford report showed that mad cow disease was dying out anyway, British farmers demanded the cull of younger animals be scaled down or abandoned.

24.   Agriculture Minister Nick Brown admitted British farmers face a tough struggle to regain market share.

25.   British farmers and truckers furious about the steep rise in gasoline prices have only recently ended blockades of fuel depots around the country.

26.   British farmers have struggled for years against the cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

27.   British farmers hoped the consignment would show the European Union they mean business.

28.   British farmers and health officials have slaughtered nearly a million livestock in an effort to eradicate the highly contagious disease.

29.   British farmers hope a stronger euro also will translate into bigger agricultural subsidies from the European Union.

30.   EU plans to compensate British farmers.