N.Ireland
Chair of TB eradication partnership re-affirms need for badger cull
The chair of the Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Partnership (TBEP), Sean Hogan, has re-affirmed the need for a badger cull in...
N.Ireland
The chair of the Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Partnership (TBEP), Sean Hogan, has re-affirmed the need for a badger cull in...
Dairy
The dairy herd at Salesian Agricultural College in Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick has seen 17 tuberculosis (TB) reactors in its most...
Veterinary
Badgers with helminth parasite infections are more likely to have tuberculosis (TB), and infection of both is more likely once...
Beef
The wildlife control programme, which aims to reduce the spread of TB from wildlife, is “severely understaffed in the worst...
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...
Agri-Business
Advanced discussions around “proper funding models” to support the government’s TB Eradication Strategy will take place today in Dublin, Tuesday...
Beef
The level of bovine tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks on farms in the west Wicklow and surrounding regions was the key topic...
Beef
The TB Stakeholder Forum “could be undermined” if there is no movement to provide funding to cover the cost of...
N.Ireland
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has said that the proposed badger cull in Northern Ireland is...
Rural Life
The matter of who will bear the cost of additional tuberculosis (TB) testing is still not settled, it would appear....
Veterinary
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has confirmed that there are no plans to offset the cost on...
Dairy
Salesian Agricultural College in Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick has seen several dozen tuberculosis (TB) reactors in its 450-cow dairy herd. The...
Beef
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has claimed that there is “no willingness” to listen to the concerns...
Dairy Technical
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) is set to hold a farm walk in Co. Cavan tomorrow (Tuesday, July...
Beef
The Dáil has heard that compensation levels for farmers that lose cattle through TB need to be increased. The point...
Beef
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that agriculture minister’s commitment to re-establish the National Deer Management Forum Group is...
Beef News
Bovine tuberculosis (TB) reactors in Ireland fell from 22,614 in 2020 to 20,931 last year, according to figures released by...