Brucellosis compensation rates for February 2020 have been announced by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in...
February 3, 2020
The brucellosis testing programme in Northern Ireland will be relaxed further, bringing significant benefits and savings for our farmers and...
January 9, 2018
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) has announced the compensation rates for animals which test positive for brucellosis...
April 3, 2016
Pre-export testing for brucellosis in Northern Ireland will be abolished from February 1, 2016, the Department of Agriculture and Rural...
January 28, 2016
The European Union has committed close to €161m to combat animal diseases and zoonoses in 2016. This is to support eradication,...
January 13, 2016
The end to brucellosis testing will save farmers €15m a year, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney. Ireland...
January 4, 2016
The Department of Agriculture has spent €6m less on disease eradication so far this year, according to the Minister for Agriculture,...
December 9, 2015
Northern Ireland is to lift the age of eligibility for brucellosis testing to 24 months from 12 months on October 19,...
October 8, 2015
There will be an increase in the number of cows and heavy beef heifers coming into marts in the next...
September 29, 2015
Pre-movement Brucellosis testing on both sides of the Border will come to an end on September 28 following a joint...
September 23, 2015
The Department of Agriculture has confirmed that pre-movement testing for Brucellosis on animals over 24 months of age will end...
September 16, 2015
Now that Northern Ireland has achieved brucellosis-free status, it provides the basis for Minister Coveney to remove the pre-movement test from...
September 10, 2015
The Europen Commission has approved the North’s application for Official Brucellosis Free (OBF) status, Agriculture Minister, Michelle O’Neill has confirmed....
September 9, 2015
The Ulster Farmers’ Union has welcomed the announcement from Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill that there has not been a case...
March 4, 2015
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has clarified the Brucellosis Testing Requirements for 2015. (i) A pre-movement test...
January 7, 2015
There will be no more annual brucellosis tests, under new changes to the national brucellosis control measures announced by the...
November 26, 2014
Authorities in China are looking into reports that a large milk processor in the country sold milk from cows that...
November 13, 2014
Relaxation of brucellosis pre-movement testing controls for cattle movements within Northern Ireland, have been announced by the North’s Agriculture Minister Michelle...
October 23, 2014
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