Beef
Pre-movement testing plans 'will not solve the TB problem'
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) says it opposes the inclusion of additional pre-movement testing in the TB programme. The organisation...
Beef
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) says it opposes the inclusion of additional pre-movement testing in the TB programme. The organisation...
Agri Politics
The decision to reintroduce the TB Covid-19 procedures that were in place during the initial lockdown earlier this year has...
CAP / Schemes
A total of 8,647 contiguous herd tests have been conducted so far this year, according to the Department of Agriculture,...
Agri Politics
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has been called on to look at the TB model in Scotland,...
Beef
A Co. Leitrim farmer has voiced his anger at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine after receiving a...
Agri Politics
Concerns have been raised by the Irish Natural and Hill Farmers’ Association (INHFA) in relation to letters issued by the...
Beef
A beef farmer in Co. Cavan has voiced his concerns with the TB herd history risk statement issued to him...
Beef
The exemption for calves between 42 and 120 days of age from TB testing will cease on Tuesday, September 1, the...
Dairy
The occurrence rates of bovine TB (bTB) is at the highest level in Ireland since 2012 and shows a “gradual...
Beef
Irish herds with a TB test due from tomorrow, Wednesday, July 1, onwards will not be eligible to delay their...
CAP / Schemes
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine was wrong to introduce new TB protocols around the removal of inconclusives...
Agri Politics
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has been called on by the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA)...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has confirmed rule changes regarding TB testing, which will see animals with...
Agri Politics
Mooted changes made by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to the TB Eradication Programme have been criticised....
Agri Politics
The revised TB testing protocol issued by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine allows for the testing of...
N.Ireland
A decision by the Department of Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to suspend calf TB testing during the coronavirus...
Beef
Under new measures, an updated TB testing protocol will see the age exemption for calves from TB testing increased from...
Rural Life
There are mounting calls for TB testing to be pushed back by up to three months in the interests of...