N.Ireland
There is now a belief that Northern Ireland’s Nutrients Action Programme blueprint could be used to resolve other agricultural logjams
Agri-Business
Clare Fine Gael TD Joe Cooney is urging for an increase to compensation ceilings for cattle removed as TB reactors.
Government expenditure on TB hit €48.5 million to the end of June this year, according to the DAFM.
Rural Life
A TB outbreak in the area of the Dungarvan Show has forced the cancellation of the cattle classes at this year's event.
Beef
Trade at Blessington Mart has eased compared to the exceptional highs seen this time last, but demand for quality stock remains strong.
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Cattle trade at Blessington Mart has eased compared to the exceptional highs seen this time last...
"Stagnant" prices, high inputs and TB are among the issues Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon must prioritise, ICMSA said.
Dairy
A councillor in Co. Wicklow is calling for further action to be taken on bovine tuberculosis (bTB) as he warns of farms being "wiped out".
Bovine TB
England plans to achieve officially bovine TB-free status by 2038 under a new strategy, with hopes of a vaccine for the disease by 2030.
The application deadline for the €6 million On-Farm Badger Biosecurity Scheme has been extended by one week.
DAERA Minister Andrew Muir has welcomed funding of £4 million for research on bovine tuberculosis (TB).
Schemes
Applications are currently being accepted for the €6 million On-Farm Badger Biosecurity Scheme which officially opened this week.
Farmers selling cattle are "unaware of who can buy them and what category they fall into," a Sinn Féin TD has warned today.
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon has today (Wednesday, May 13) officially opened the new On-Farm Badger Biosecurity Scheme.
Government spend on TB hit €25.8 million from January to the end of March this year according to latest figures released by DAFM.
The Ulster Farmers' Union has called for action on bTB in Northern Ireland after cross-party recognition of the disease's impact on farms.
A spell of better weather was not the only thing that has turned up the heat for farmers this week as Agriland found out at Ballymahon Mart.
Agri Politics
Farmers are "a little bit confused" about the categories their livestock fall into under new TB rules, a TD has warned.
Officials from both ICOS and DAFM met today (Thursday, April 23) to discuss the new TB movement regulations.
Marts
There is "utter confusion" around the new TB rules which are now in force at marts around the country, according to one farm organisation.
The manager of a mart in Co. Kerry has urged the Department of Agriculture (DAFM) to simplify new TB rules for trading cattle.
Minister Heydon has said that his department will continue to engage on the roll-out of changes under the TB Action Plan following criticism.
The new €6 million on-farm badger biosecurity scheme under the TB Action Plan has been welcomed by the ICSA.
