Agri-Business
DAFM study: Wildlife biggest issue for bovine TB spread - vets
Vets have pointed to wildlife control being among the biggest obstacles for Ireland’s bovine tuberculosis (bTB) eradication programme. That is...
bTB eradication programme
Veterinary
TB programme: Reactors, restrictions and costs all rise in 2023
Virtually all key figures under the bovine TB Eradication Programme saw increases in 2023, with the number of reactors and...
N.Ireland
Call for NI farmers to engage in bTB compensation debate
The Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) is strongly advising farmers to have their say in a debate centred around future bovine...
N.Ireland
UFU: bTB compensation a priority in new farm minister meeting
Getting Northern Ireland’s new farm minister to reverse proposed cuts in bovine tuberculosis (bTB) compensation values will be a priority...
Agri-Business
Agri committee to receive update on TB eradication
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine will meet today (Wednesday, December 13), for an update on...
N.Ireland
Chair of TB eradication partnership re-affirms need for badger cull
The chair of the Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Partnership (TBEP), Sean Hogan, has re-affirmed the need for a badger cull in...
N.Ireland
Cost of bTB is soaring in Northern Ireland - UFU
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has said that bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is costing Northern Ireland more and more each year....
Agri-Business
Funding concerns over bTB eradication programme - PAC
The Committee of Public Accounts (PAC) has said it is concerned about “trends in the funding and expenditure” of the...