Dairy
The number of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) positive herds has increased by nearly 20% since last years figures, increasing to 113 positive...
Beef News
Minister Heydon has announced additional financial support to farmers to assist in bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) tissue testing for 2025.
N.Ireland
Herd level movement restrictions are among measures being introduced to support the eradication of BVD in Northern Ireland.
Beef
Results from the national programme to eradicate BVD have shown the number of positive animals has continued to decrease year-on-year.
Agri-Business
Minister McConalogue has been called on to put forward a financial package that would cover the full on-farm costs of BVD.
Just under 65,000 farmers have received payments this week under the bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) tag testing scheme.
Minister Charlie McConalogue has urged renewed caution as the BVD eradication programme approaches a critical juncture.
New figures from Animal Health and Welfare NI (AHWNI) have shown that the number of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Positive (BVDP) cattle alive in Northern Ireland is at its lowest level seen during the lifetime of the BVD Eradication programme.
BVD tag testing will continue in the new year and will be supported by a new injection of funding from the department of agriculture.
The IFA has called on the Department of Agriculture to fully cover the cost of bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) testing from next year.
The Minister for Agriculture, Charlie McConalogue, has confirmed BVD Eradication Programme supports will continue next year.
DAERA in Northern Ireland has said that cattle moving to the Republic of Ireland will soon have to meet new requirements related BVD status.
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The number of older cattle in Northern Ireland that do not have a BVD status has halved in the...
Farmers are well aware of the rigorous and ongoing testing of calves for the presence of BVD in calves since it became a mandatory compliance.
The EU's new Animal Health Law, which brings BVD into legislation for the first time, will have implications for Northern Ireland programme.
Agri Politics
The Department of Agriculture is "failing to give clear information" to farmers who have PI animals on their farm under the BVD programme,
Some key messages have been outlined for Irish farmers on the issue of bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) for 2021 by Animal Health Ireland (AHI).
The number of herds in Northern Ireland retaining BVD PI animals has fallen dramatically since toughened eradication measures were introduced to the region's Farm Quality Assurance Scheme.
Department supports for the early removal of persistently infected (PI) calves under the national BVD Eradication Programme will continue.
A spokesperson for a farm lobby group has called for 2019 to be the last year of "full-scale" compulsory BVD testing.
Michael Creed has announced confirmation of his department's continued support payments for Bovine Viral Disease (BVD) eradication.
The ICSA's Animal Health and Welfare chairman has called for the BVD eradication programme to be 'wound up' as quickly as possible.
