Agri-Business
Seed and fungicide sales fuel Bayer's first quarter results
German multinational chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer has recorded first quarter group sales of €11.8m. For the quarter ending March...
Agri-Business
German multinational chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer has recorded first quarter group sales of €11.8m. For the quarter ending March...
Agri Politics
As yet more Bluetongue outbreaks are confirmed in France, the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) in the UK has urged farmers...
Agri-Business
While incidences of TB levels in cattle herds last year fell on 2014 levels thousands of farms were locked up...
Agri Politics
The Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE) has welcomed a vote by MEPs earlier this month to amend EU law...
Beef
Lower stocking rates and healthy herds are associated with organic farms, according to Tralee-based Veterinary Surgeon and Organic Farmer Paddy...
N.Ireland
Compulsory testing for Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) virus in new-born calves comes into effect today. The programme begins today with...
Agri Politics
New measures to prevent and halt outbreaks of animal diseases such as avian flu or African swine fever were backed...
Agri Politics
The use of existing antimicrobial drugs should be restricted and new ones should be developed, Environment and Public Health Committee...
Agri Politics
Antimicrobial resistance is on the rise in the EU, with bacteria in humans, food and animals continuing to show resistance...
Beef
Just over 2.235m calves were registered on the National BVD Eradication Programme by the end of the fourth quarter of 2015....
Agri Politics
The European Union has committed close to €161m to combat animal diseases and zoonoses in 2016. This is to support eradication,...
Agri-Business
Sanofi and Boehringer Ingelheim recently announced that the companies have entered into exclusive negotiations to swap businesses. The proposed transaction...
Beef
For infectious abortions, the interval between infection of the dam and abortion can be weeks, according to Animal Health Ireland (AHI)....
Agri Politics
The EU needs a new strategy for the protection and welfare of animals, a non-legislative resolution the European Parliament adopted on...
Beef
By the end of third quarter of 2015 just over 2m calves had been registered on the National BVD Eradication Programme,...
Beef
Respiratory disease accounts for 26% of all deaths in beef and dairy cattle, the Department of Agriculture’s Laboratories Quarterly Surveillance...
Beef
Between July and September 2015, two cases of botulism were diagnosed on separate farms in the Republic of Ireland resulting...
Beef
Housing is one of the best times of the year for treating cattle against some of the more common internal...