Rural Life
McConalogue rejects TB programme criticism
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has rejected criticism of the TB Eradication Programme, following claims it...
Rural Life
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has rejected criticism of the TB Eradication Programme, following claims it...
Beef News
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has confirmed that any additional bovine tuberculosis (TB) compensation due to...
Beef
Changes to payment arrangements for tuberculosis (TB) testing and compensation have been welcomed by farm organisations, though they believe some...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has said that the TB Forum will consider the costs associated...
Beef
An increase in the income supplement paid to farmers that have outbreaks of TB is being progressed in the TB...
Beef
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has announced the forming of a new Deer Management Strategy Group...
Beef
The TB Stakeholder Forum “could be undermined” if there is no movement to provide funding to cover the cost of...
Rural Life
The matter of who will bear the cost of additional tuberculosis (TB) testing is still not settled, it would appear....
Beef
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has claimed that there is “no willingness” to listen to the concerns...
Beef
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has claimed that “bureaucratic barriers” are preventing farmers with TB-restricted herds from...
Beef News
The 11th meeting of the TB Forum was held yesterday (May 26), attended by a range of stakeholder groups and...
Beef
Suggestions that on-farm valuations of TB reactor cattle could be ended in place of remote market price-based valuations have been...
CAP / Schemes
Improved communications about bovine TB (bTB) with stakeholders and “working in partnership” with farmers are identified as key elements of...
Agri Politics
A number of new committees, including an implementation committee and a finance committee are being established in the TB Forum...
Agri Politics
Broad stakeholder agreement has been announced on the new bovine TB eradication strategy by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the...
Beef
The first meeting of the TB Forum in over a year was held yesterday (October 1), and it seemed to...
Agri Politics
The “sense of fresh start” around discussions on the TB Eradication Programme has been welcomed by the Irish Creamery Milk...
Beef
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue will provide a draft TB strategy to the members of the...