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Creed confirms herds with TB history can export to China

February 6, 2019

Michael Creed, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, has confirmed that beef from herds with a history of TB can be…

ICSA calls for ‘comprehensive research’ on TB in deer

January 14, 2019

Rural Life

The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has accused the Government of “turning a blind eye” to the issue of TB in…

Farmers ‘might as well fold up tent’ if TB history is displayed

December 12, 2018

Rural Life

Fianna Fail Senator Paul Daly has said that farmers “might as well fold up the tent” if the TB history of their herds…

New badger research sheds light on why controlling TB has been so difficult

November 28, 2018

Agri-Business

Unexpected variation in badger behaviour found by scientists may cause a rethink on impacts of bovine TB interventions. New research has found the…

TB meeting set for Galway to discuss eradication drive

November 7, 2018

Agri Politics

The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) has organised a meeting for Gort, Co. Galway tomorrow, November 8, to discuss TB eradication. The meeting, co-organised…

TB: East remains problem as national levels see marginal increase

October 25, 2018

Dairy

Co. Wicklow remains the worst-affected county in Ireland for bovine TB, according to the latest Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine statistics.…

IFA and department clash over the spread of TB via deer

October 22, 2018

Beef

The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine have clashed over the role deer play in the…

Farmers urged to attend TB meeting in Co. Cavan tonight

September 25, 2018

Beef

Farmers are being urged to attend a meeting regarding bovine TB in Cootehill, Co. Cavan, at 8:00pm tonight (Tuesday, September 25). The meeting…

‘Greater efforts’ required to eradicate TB by 2030

September 10, 2018

Beef

Despite significant progress in recent years, greater efforts will be required to eradicate bovine TB by 2030, according to the Minister for Agriculture,…

Farmers ‘must be front and centre’ in any new TB strategy

August 31, 2018

Agri Politics

The position of individual farmers will have to be ‘front and centre’ in any new strategy to eradicate TB by 2030, according to…

Chair appointed to the TB 2030 Stakeholder Forum

August 3, 2018

Beef

It has been confirmed that Michael Cronin has been appointed as the chair of the TB 2030 Stakeholder Forum. The Minister for Agriculture, Food…

Monaghan farmers concerned given ‘huge increase’ in TB

July 10, 2018

Beef

The “huge increase” in TB rates in Co. Monaghan in recent years is set to be discussed tonight (Tuesday, July 10) at the…

Final year of NI ‘Test and Vaccinate or Remove’ badger project gets under way

June 18, 2018

N.Ireland

The fifth and final year of the department’s Test and Vaccinate or Remove (TVR) Wildlife Intervention Research Project commenced today in Northern Ireland.…

DAERA and Defra approaches to tacking TB ‘poles apart’

June 16, 2018

N.Ireland

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader Robin Swann has lambasted Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) for its “continuing failure”…

200 TB reactors removed from 13 Waterford farms

May 30, 2018

Beef

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has confirmed that 200 TB reactors have been removed from a total of 13 farms…

New TB partnership members named

May 17, 2018

Breaking News

Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has today announced the new chairman and first four members of its new…

Northern TB rates appear to stabilise

May 8, 2018

N.Ireland

TB’s advance appears to be slowing in Northern Ireland. Despite a slight increase in the region’s latest figures, the disease’s incidence rate still sits…

Union and unionists engage in ‘reactor fraud’ spat

May 6, 2018

N.Ireland

A war of words has erupted between the Ulster Farmers’ Union and Ulster Unionists over allegations the ear tags of some TB reactor…

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