Dairy
Should TB resistance be factored into your breeding plan?
Now that farmers are receiving their spring 2025 dairy and beef sires catalogues, is TB resistance and other health traits...
TB
Dairy
Lakeland chair writes to Harris and Martin on derogation and TB
The chairperson of Lakeland Dairies has written to the leaders of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, calling on them to...
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Spring Into Action: Clean Up Your Dairy Hygiene Routine
Having a dairy hygiene programme in place is crucial, as when spring arrives, Irish dairy farmers are in the thick...
Rural Life
Vets to receive an increase for TB testing rates in 2025
Vets will receive a 3% increase to the existing rates for bovine tuberculosis (TB) testing from January 1 2025, according...
N.Ireland
UFU: NI farmers want 'more intensive measures' to combat TB
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has told Northern Ireland’s chief veterinary officer (CVO), Brian Dooher, that farmers want to see “more...
Agri-Business
€4m for research on bovine TB, soil and climate change
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) with special responsibility for research, Martin Heydon,...
Beef
Study: Current interventions 'may not' be sufficient for TB eradication
A new study highlights that badger vaccination, in combination with the cattle test-and-removal programme, can reduce bovine tuberculosis (TB) but...
Agri-Business
ICMSA: Everyone needs to 'try harder' on TB
The president of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has called on everyone involved in the cattle trade to...
Agri-Business
ICOS slams ICMSA view on 'role' of marts in battle against TB
The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) has hit back at remarks made by the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA)...
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Watch: The multipurpose material for the agricultural sector
Discover how Stokbord is the multipurpose material for the agricultural sector and is taking the agricultural and equestrian world by...
Dairy
Bovine TB policy 'needs a reset' - DAFM general secretary
The policy around bovine tuberculosis (TB) needs to be “reset”, according to the general secretary at the Department of Agriculture,...
N.Ireland
Farmer convicted in court over TB notice
A farmer in Northern Ireland has been convicted in court in relation to failure to adhere to rules regarding a...
Rural Life
Rural candidates seeing TB as issue among farmer voters
A number of rural candidates in the 2024 General Election – which will take place tomorrow (Friday, November 29) –...
N.Ireland
TB strategy review shows trajectory is 'unsustainable' - CVO
Chief veterinary officer (CVO), Brian Dooher has said that the current trajectory is “unsustainable”, following the publication of Northern Ireland’s bovine tuberculosis...
Rural Life
Video: GE24 series – Heydon 'TB programme is not working'
The current national bovine tuberculosis (TB) eradication programme “is not working at present” according to the Fine Gael election candidate...
N.Ireland
NI vet group urges minister to 'follow the science' on TB
The Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland, Andrew Muir, has been urged to “follow the science”...
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Real profits start after 3rd lactation - are your cows making it?
Are you aware that the real profits begin after the third lactation? Research shows that it typically takes two lactations...
Beef News
Listen: Areas of badger vaccination see increase in TB
Despite efforts by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to curb the spread of bovine tuberculosis (TB) by...
Podcast
Listen: AgriFocus - is there any hope of eradicating TB with TJ Maher
In this episode, Agriland editor, Stella Meehan sits down with chair of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Animal Health Committee,...
Dairy
Around 70% of TB reactors derive from dairy herds
About 70% of bovine tuberculosis (TB) reactors derive from dairy herds, according to a senior superintending veterinary inspector with the...
Beef
DAFM: Spend on TB programme hit €66.1m by end of Q3 2024
Latest figures published by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) show that 37,964 bovine tuberculosis (TB) reactor...