Beef
Livestock marts have been informed by Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon,...
N.Ireland
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is projecting bovine TB compensation will reach over £56 million.
Dairy
There has been 43,290 bovine TB (bTB) reactors in Ireland over a 12 month period to June 29, 2025, according to Minister Martin Heydon.
A former member of the high profile TB Eradication Partnership (TBEP) in Northern Ireland has...
Johne's disease is a chronic, incurable infection in cattle that can devastate a dairy herds production without efficient biosecurity
Other
A revised set of proposals to control the deteriorating figures for TB in Ireland will be presented to farm organisations tomorrow.
The ICMSA has said that it is optimistic that yesterday's emergency meeting on TB will result in a "focus on farmers".
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is regarded by many farming families as the most significant threat to their businesses.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) is expected to outline around 30 proposals to tackle the rising bovine TB rates at an emergency meeting.
Minister Heydon has been called on to provide draft proposals for addressing TB figures before an emergency meeting taking place next week.
DAFM has confirmed to Agriland it has begun issuing TB Income Supplement balancing payments to herd owners.
It has been claimed that current compensation rates set out in the TB Eradication Programme "no longer reflect true market value,
A new UCD study on the contributory genetics behind bovine tuberculosis (TB) susceptibility among cattle, has been published today, March 24
FFA has claimed that the AHWNI CEO said that implementing all of the proposals made in the review of bovine TB at once, would "decimate NI's cattle industry".
A number of strategic challenges currently facing agriculture in Northern Ireland will be actively addressed during 2025.
The recent bovine tuberculosis (bTB) carried out in Northern Ireland has been likened to a re-set button for the entire cattle sector.
Northern Ireland’s Pedigree Cattle Trust has strongly questioned the principle of pre-movement bovine tuberculosis (bTB) testing
One of the workshops at the National Dairy Conference was addressing the issues around bovine tuberculosis (TB) and a TB risk statement...
The eradication of bTB in the UK and Ireland has been given a fundamentally different focus by Professor Jonathan Rushton
The issues pertaining to the development of effective TB vaccines – targeting both cattle and badgers- are extremely complex in nature.
The DAFM has said it is currently working on necessary IT work "to ensure any balancing payments owed to farmers" in relation to the bTB...
Agri Politics
AHDB has said it is "disappointed" that the BBC's documentary on bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB) was "missing key evidence".
Rural Life
Queen guitarist Brian May sets out to "get to the truth about Bovine TB, cattle, and badgers" in a new TV documentary to air this week.
