Dairy
Pallaskenry herd: 17 TB reactors after latest tests
The dairy herd at Salesian Agricultural College in Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick has seen 17 tuberculosis (TB) reactors in its most...
TB
Veterinary
Badgers with worm infections more likely to have TB - study
Badgers with helminth parasite infections are more likely to have tuberculosis (TB), and infection of both is more likely once...
Beef
Wildlife Control Programme 'severely understaffed'
The Wildlife Control Programme, which aims to reduce the spread of TB from wildlife, is “severely understaffed in the worst...
Beef
TB: Income supplement increase being progressed
An increase in the income supplement paid to farmers that have outbreaks of TB is being progressed in the TB...
Beef
TB: Minister announces Deer Management Strategy Group
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has announced the forming of a new Deer Management Strategy Group...
Agri-Business
Financial supports for farmers on table at latest TB Forum meeting
Advanced discussions around “proper funding models” to support the government’s TB Eradication Strategy will take place today in Dublin, Tuesday...
Beef
Farmer frustration over TB outbreaks heard at Wicklow meeting
The level of bovine tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks on farms in the west Wicklow and surrounding regions was the key topic...
Beef
TB Forum 'could be undermined' if testing cost isn't covered
The TB Stakeholder Forum “could be undermined” if there is no movement to provide funding to cover the cost of...
N.Ireland
NI badger cull unlikely to take place this year
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has said that the proposed badger cull in Northern Ireland is...
Rural Life
TB: Mixed messages on payment of additional testing
The matter of who will bear the cost of additional tuberculosis (TB) testing is still not settled, it would appear....
Veterinary
TB: No plans to offset farmer cost of standalone tests
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has confirmed that there are no plans to offset the cost on...
Dairy
TB reactors confirmed in Pallaskenry dairy herd
Salesian Agricultural College in Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick has seen several dozen tuberculosis (TB) reactors in its 450-cow dairy herd. The...
Beef
ICSA: 'No willingness to listen to farmer concerns at TB Forum'
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has claimed that there is “no willingness” to listen to the concerns...
Dairy Technical
ICMSA to host TB-focused farm walk in Cavan
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) is set to hold a farm walk in Co. Cavan tomorrow (Tuesday, July...
Beef
TB: Increased compensation levels called for in Dáil
The Dáil has heard that compensation levels for farmers that lose cattle through TB need to be increased. The point...
Beef
Call for coordinated approach to deer management
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that agriculture minister’s commitment to re-establish the National Deer Management Forum Group is...
Beef News
TB reactors in Ireland drop slightly within one year
Bovine tuberculosis (TB) reactors in Ireland fell from 22,614 in 2020 to 20,931 last year, according to figures released by...
Rural Life
Farm groups to attend Joint Oireachtas Committee on TB
Representatives from four farm organisations will come before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine this evening...
