Dairy
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon said he is "monitoring" the current valuation ceilings under the bovine TB programme.
Beef
Livestock marts have been informed by Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon,...
Opinion
The confirmation that Dublin and Belfast have agreed to tackle the scourge of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) on an all-island basis makes sense
Agri-Business
When it is said that a cow has 'good genes' for a trait like milk production, it is referring to...
Agri Politics
The IFA president Francie Gorman has called for the valuation ceilings under the bovine tuberculosis (TB) programme to be reviewed.
Animal and Plant Health Agency in the UK has announced that its field trials for a bovine TB vaccine and has moved to the next phase.
The "escalation" in expenditure for the TB programme over the last number of years has been...
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has said "outdated ceilings" which value cattle lost to bovine tuberculosis (TB) need to be removed.
Latest figures from DAFM show the total expenditure on the TB programme soared to €79.4 million by the end of quarter three.
The current ceilings on valuations of cattle lost to TB are "inadequate" and are "making restocking impossible", the ICMSA has said.
Minister Heydon and his Northern Ireland counterpart have announced a project to tackle the impact of bovine TB on farms in a pilot area.
Rural Life
A farmer who had 14 TB reactors suffered a "loss of €15,000" because of the current TB compensation system according to a senator.
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has said that the farming measures in Budget 2026 announced...
Over €157 million has been earmarked as part of Budget 2026 to tackle the increasing rate of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in Ireland.
N.Ireland
Animal Health and Welfare NI (AHWNI) has launched a new website as part of an industry campaign to...
Video
We spoke to Eamon Carroll, Deputy President of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) about the recent TB Proposals.
There are farmers across the country that have been "struck down" with TB reactors...
While the new TB action plan contains positive aspects, many of the details are still to come and...
The development of a support package is proposed for farmers to help them in "taking a proactive...
There are new European Union Regulations regarding Bovine TB, which require that all animals moving farm to farm or through marts must...
Funding allocations for revamped TB measures are still being negotiated, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon has said.
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon has launched a new action plan on bovine tuberculosis (bTB).
Compensation measures for farmers who lose cattle to TB do not incentivise farmers to follow disease prevention actions, according to the EU.
