CAP / Schemes
Compulsory BVD testing extends to older animals
Compulsory testing for Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) has been extended to include older animals born before 2013 – when such testing...
CAP / Schemes
Compulsory testing for Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) has been extended to include older animals born before 2013 – when such testing...
Agri Politics
The time is now right to bring compulsory bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) testing to an end, according to the Irish...
Beef
Testing for bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) continues uninterrupted in spite of the impact of Covid-19, and farmers are urged by...
Beef
The impact of Covid-19 on Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) testing is expected to result in an increase in turnaround times...
CAP / Schemes
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine supports for the early removal of persistently infected (PI) calves under the national...
N.Ireland
As many as 427 BVD positive animals have been retained across 283 Northern Ireland herds, despite mounting pressure to rid farms of...
Beef
Compulsory testing for bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) on all imported cattle is required, according to the Irish Cattle and Sheep...
N.Ireland
Two major Northern Ireland industry bodies are calling for amendments to the Farm Quality Assurance Scheme to speed up efforts...
N.Ireland
Plans have been announced by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to take enforcement action against herd...
Rural Life
Enfer Labs has warned that a new minimum postage rate will come into effect from next week, meaning that farmers...
N.Ireland
The number of animals Persistently Infected with Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) in Northern Ireland fell by more than 200 in the...
N.Ireland
The Ulster Farmers’ Union says Northern Ireland’s farming industry has achieved a “significant milestone” in its BVD eradication efforts. It...
N.Ireland
A Co. Fermanagh farmer has been convicted for three BVD-related offences in what has become the first conviction of its type...
N.Ireland
BVD data from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland collated for the first time shows the stark contrast in...
Dairy
Back in 2013, it became compulsory for farmers operating in the Republic of Ireland to tissue tag test calves born...
Beef
Almost 600 BVD-infected calves have been detected in 2018 to date, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael...
Opinion
The news that the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has reached an agreement with the Northern Ireland Meat Exporters Association (NIMEA)...
N.Ireland
A number of Northern Irish farmers have been enquiring about the best way to rear BVD persistently infected (PI) calves...