If you put a glossary of agricultural terms in front of me I’m fairly sure I’d have heard of most of them at this stage.

However, I almost choked on a Ritchie’s Milky Moo last week when I heard tell of the Department’s official term for a vaccinated badger.

I was made guess a few times, so, I said: a vadger? I was wrong.

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A goodger is a badger that has been vaccinated. It was at that point when the sucky sweet almost cost me my life.