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Trinity badger research could ‘minimise spread of TB’

November 19, 2019

Zoology researchers from Trinity College Dublin, working with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and the National Parks and Wildlife Service…

TB-stricken farmers raise questions over department efficiency in tackling TB

November 17, 2019

Dairy

Questions have been posed on the efficiency of Ireland’s Bovine TB Eradication Programme by farmers who are currently facing the stark consequences of…

Smaller movement windows on the way under draft TB testing regulation

November 15, 2019

CAP / Schemes

A new regulation on the way from Europe will mean stricter TB testing, meaning many farmers seeking to sell cattle will soon be…

Ireland facing EU funding penalty of €1.6 million for TB programme

November 12, 2019

Beef

Ireland is facing a funding penalty of €1.6 million from the European Commission as a result of increasing TB herd incidence, according to…

ICSA slams findings of recent TB review

October 31, 2019

Agri Politics

The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association’s (ICSA’s) animal health and welfare chair, Hugh Farrell, has slammed a the findings of a Department…

Financial supports for TB eradication ‘should be re-examined’

October 29, 2019

CAP / Schemes

The level of financial supports provided through the bovine TB (bTB) Eradication Programme as compensation should be re-examined, according to the 2019 spending…

Map: Department reveals latest TB herd incidence levels

October 29, 2019

Beef

Herd incidence for bovine TB (bTB) stood at 3.46% as of September 29, for the third quarter of 2019, according to the Department…

Beef Plan request to attend Oireachtas TB meeting denied

October 9, 2019

Beef

A formal request made by the Beef Plan Movement to attend the recent Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine meeting on…

Oireachtas committee to discuss TB Eradication Programme

September 30, 2019

Agri Politics

The Bovine TB Eradication Programme will be the key item of discussion when the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine meets tomorrow,…

Changes to draft TB regulations ‘to the benefit of farmers’ – Creed

August 12, 2019

Agri Politics

New bovine TB rules are in the Delegated Act (DA) on Part II of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 on surveillance, eradication programmes and free…

TB eradication concerns: ‘We must see the wood from the trees’

August 6, 2019

Agri Politics

Focus must be firmly kept on eradicating TB – and “repeated efforts” to move away from this primary focus is a concern, according…

Map: TB incidence ‘marginally higher’ for first 6 months of 2019

August 2, 2019

Beef

There has been a marginal increase in the herd incidence levels of bovine TB (bTB) recorded for the first six months of 2019…

Video: Co. Wicklow farmer describes his constant battle with TB

July 30, 2019

Beef

Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is a serious and costly issue which has affected almost every farm in the country in some way or another.…

TB Forum cost and control proposals rejected by IFA

July 22, 2019

Agri Politics

Proposals by the TB Forum to increase TB controls and costs on farms have been rejected by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA). IFA…

Renewed TB strategy to be launched in autumn – Creed

July 22, 2019

CAP / Schemes

The submission of the report from the TB Forum has been welcomed by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, who…

TB Forum agrees 10 policy actions – but ‘work still needed’

July 12, 2019

Beef

The TB Forum has agreed upon 10 policy options to recommend to Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed for TB…

Destroying TB livestock on-farm condemned

July 8, 2019

Beef

The practice of destroying livestock on-farm following a TB outbreak has been condemned by the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA). Commenting…

TB eradication: Farmers ‘will consider new measures’ for progress

June 28, 2019

Dairy

Farmers have been testing for TB for the last 70 years and are anxious to make progress on achieving eradication, according to the…

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