Agri Politics
ICSA slams findings of recent TB review
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association’s (ICSA’s) animal health and welfare chair, Hugh Farrell, has slammed a the findings...
Agri Politics
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association’s (ICSA’s) animal health and welfare chair, Hugh Farrell, has slammed a the findings...
CAP / Schemes
The level of financial supports provided through the bovine TB (bTB) Eradication Programme as compensation should be re-examined, according to...
Beef
Herd incidence for bovine TB (bTB) stood at 3.46% as of September 29, for the third quarter of 2019, according...
Beef
A formal request made by the Beef Plan Movement to attend the recent Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the...
Agri Politics
The Bovine TB Eradication Programme will be the key item of discussion when the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the...
Agri Politics
New bovine TB rules are in the Delegated Act (DA) on Part II of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 on surveillance, eradication...
Agri Politics
Focus must be firmly kept on eradicating TB – and “repeated efforts” to move away from this primary focus is...
Beef
There has been a marginal increase in the herd incidence levels of bovine TB (bTB) recorded for the first six...
Beef
Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is a serious and costly issue which has affected almost every farm in the country in some...
Agri Politics
Proposals by the TB Forum to increase TB controls and costs on farms have been rejected by the Irish Farmers’...
CAP / Schemes
The submission of the report from the TB Forum has been welcomed by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine,...
Beef
The TB Forum has agreed upon 10 policy options to recommend to Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael...
Beef
The practice of destroying livestock on-farm following a TB outbreak has been condemned by the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’...
Dairy
Farmers have been testing for TB for the last 70 years and are anxious to make progress on achieving eradication,...
Environment
An Independent TD has asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, if he will consider examining the...
Beef
A farmers’ meeting on concerns surrounding TB will be held tonight, Wednesday, May 8, at 8:00pm. The meeting will take...
Beef
Department of Agriculture veterinary officials will be in attendance at a farmers’ meeting on the issue of bovine TB being...
Beef
In the years of 2017 and 2018, a total of €3.1 million was spent on TB-related research by the Department...