N.Ireland
DAERA announces brucellosis compensation rates for February
Brucellosis compensation rates for February 2020 have been announced by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in...
Brucellosis
N.Ireland
Brucellosis testing regime to be relaxed further
The brucellosis testing programme in Northern Ireland will be relaxed further, bringing significant benefits and savings for our farmers and...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland's brucellosis compensation rates announced
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) has announced the compensation rates for animals which test positive for brucellosis...
N.Ireland
Pre-export brucellosis testing to be lifted in Northern Ireland
Pre-export testing for brucellosis in Northern Ireland will be abolished from February 1, 2016, the Department of Agriculture and Rural...
Agri Politics
EU sanctions €62m for TB eradication and control programmes
The European Union has committed close to €161m to combat animal diseases and zoonoses in 2016. This is to support eradication,...
Dairy
End of brucellosis testing will save farmers €15m a year
The end to brucellosis testing will save farmers €15m a year, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney. Ireland...
Agri-Business
Department spend on disease eradication schemes down in 2015
The Department of Agriculture has spent €6m less on disease eradication so far this year, according to the Minister for Agriculture,...
N.Ireland
North to lift age of eligibility for brucellosis testing on October 19
Northern Ireland is to lift the age of eligibility for brucellosis testing to 24 months from 12 months on October 19,...
Beef
Marts expect to see increased numbers of heavy heifers in the coming weeks
There will be an increase in the number of cows and heavy beef heifers coming into marts in the next...
Beef
Pre-movement Brucellosis testing to end next week
Pre-movement Brucellosis testing on both sides of the Border will come to an end on September 28 following a joint...
Agri-Business
Pre-movement testing for Brucellosis will end this year
The Department of Agriculture has confirmed that pre-movement testing for Brucellosis on animals over 24 months of age will end...
Beef
Are pre-movement tests for brucellosis still necessary?
Now that Northern Ireland has achieved brucellosis-free status, it provides the basis for Minister Coveney to remove the pre-movement test from...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland obtains Official Brucellosis Free status
The Europen Commission has approved the North’s application for Official Brucellosis Free (OBF) status, Agriculture Minister, Michelle O’Neill has confirmed....
N.Ireland
Official brucellosis free status within North’s grasp says UFU
The Ulster Farmers’ Union has welcomed the announcement from Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill that there has not been a case...
Beef
Brucellosis testing requirements for 2015 clarified
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has clarified the Brucellosis Testing Requirements for 2015. (i) A pre-movement test...
Dairy
No more annual brucellosis test, Minister Coveney says
There will be no more annual brucellosis tests, under new changes to the national brucellosis control measures announced by the...
Agri Politics
China facing another milk scare?
Authorities in China are looking into reports that a large milk processor in the country sold milk from cows that...
N.Ireland
Official Brucellosis-free status in sight for Northern Ireland
Relaxation of brucellosis pre-movement testing controls for cattle movements within Northern Ireland, have been announced by the North’s Agriculture Minister Michelle...
