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Calls for urgent TB roundtable talks as FFA warns ‘farmers have suffered enough’

November 13, 2020

Farmers For Action has warned Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture not to use Brexit transition deadlines as “an excuse” to put bovine TB…

TB: 863 new breakdowns in NI in first half of 2020

October 13, 2020

N.Ireland

More than 800 livestock farms across Northern Ireland which had an animal test positive for bovine TB in the first six months of…

TB reactor numbers now at 2009 rates as costs soar

October 13, 2020

Beef

The National Bovine TB (bTB) Statistics for the third quarter of 2020 show that TB trends continue to deteriorate as costs increase, according…

NI vet shortage: Poots insists new TB strategy is ‘a priority’

October 12, 2020

N.Ireland

Fears Northern Ireland’s bovine TB woes could yet again be put on the backburner have been dismissed by Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots. Speaking…

Mapping of badger setts ‘a positive move in addressing main driver of TB’

October 12, 2020

Agri Politics

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s request for information on the location of badger setts is “a positive move in addressing…

‘Sense of fresh start’ around TB Eradication Programme talks welcomed

October 2, 2020

Agri Politics

The “sense of fresh start” around discussions on the TB Eradication Programme has been welcomed by the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA)…

‘Farmers already pay more than fair share’: Any move to rise TB costs to be opposed

September 25, 2020

Agri Politics

Any suggestion that farmers could be expected to fund the increasing cost of administering the TB Eradication Programme will be opposed, the Irish…

Letter to the editor: TB should stand for ‘take bovines’

September 21, 2020

Opinion

More red tape to keep the farmers down – the latest letters sent out to farmers informing them if their herd is a…

UK fined more than €3.5 million for failure to make progress eradicating TB

September 17, 2020

N.Ireland

The European Commission has fined the UK at least €3.5 million over the last two years for a lack of progress tackling bovine TB,…

Tackling TB: 8,649 contiguous herd tests conducted so far in 2020

September 17, 2020

CAP / Schemes

A total of 8,647 contiguous herd tests have been conducted so far this year, according to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the…

Department called on to look at Scottish model to eradicate TB

September 14, 2020

Agri Politics

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has been called on to look at the TB model in Scotland, which has been…

McConalogue interview: ‘I’ve an open mind’ engaging with farmers on bovine TB

September 9, 2020

Agri Politics

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has confirmed that he will view the ongoing issue surrounding TB rates, and letters…

Department on TB letters: ‘It does not require farmers to do anything’

September 7, 2020

Beef

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued a statement on the TB Herd History Risk Statement letters which were sent…

‘They advise me to get rid of all my animals…my pride and joy’: Farmer slams TB statements

September 7, 2020

Beef

A Co. Leitrim farmer has voiced his anger at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine after receiving a TB Herd History…

‘How can animals that passed the test now be deemed high risk for TB?’

September 7, 2020

Agri Politics

Concerns have been raised by the Irish Natural and Hill Farmers’ Association (INHFA) in relation to letters issued by the Department of Agriculture,…

TB risk statements ‘causing panic among farmers’ and ‘should be ignored’

September 3, 2020

Agri Politics

The issuing of TB Herd History Risk Statements to herd-owners around the country is “causing confusion and panic among farmers”, according to the…

TB Herd History Risk Statements: What do they entail?

September 2, 2020

Beef

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued Bovine TB Herd History Risk Statement and Report letters to thousands of livestock…

‘No sense in this’: Farmer flags questions on TB risk letters

September 1, 2020

Beef

A beef farmer in Co. Cavan has voiced his concerns with the TB herd history risk statement issued to him by the Department…

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