Opening her presentation at the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation’s (ICBF’s) Genetics Conference, Siobhan Ryan of Teagasc asked the audience: “Why do only a…
Ray Doyle, livestock and environmental services executive at the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS), has said that accurate and specific regional data is…
Contentious issues remain as the Tuberculosis (TB) Forum continues to debate proposals to reform the TB Eradication Programme. The Irish Cattle and Sheep…
Co. Wicklow remains the worst-affected county in Ireland for bovine TB, according to the latest Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine statistics.…
Milk price volatility will remain a major challenge for the dairy sector, according to AFBI (Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute) chief executive Dr. Sinclair…
Proposals to cap TB compensation have been branded as ‘legalised theft‘ by Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) deputy president Victor Chestnutt. Speaking at the…
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) today launched a competition to appoint seven members to its new bovine TB body; the Tuberculosis…
