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...
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...
Rural Life
Representatives from four farm organisations will come before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine this evening...
Beef
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has claimed that “bureaucratic barriers” are preventing farmers with TB-restricted herds from...
Beef
The Seanad has heard concerns over outbreaks of TB in west Co. Waterford and north Co. Cork, which is being...
Rural Life
Senators this week highlighted the “ongoing challenge” facing areas such as in Co. Wicklow where there is an “overrun of...
Dairy Technical
The uptake of milk recording on Irish dairy farms continues to grow, with a 20% increase in the number of...
Beef
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has welcomed news that from this week, farmers have the option to accept...
Dairy Technical
The Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) eradiation scheme has been in place for 67 years in Ireland, with the scheme costing €97.3...
Rural Life
Some level of badger culling will remain necessary until TB levels have significantly reduced, according to Minister for Agriculture, Food...
CAP / Schemes
Changes have been announced under new EU TB regulations “which will better enable farmers with restricted herds to move cattle...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s proposed bovine TB strategy could save the region as much as £70 million, according to officials. Responding to...
Dairy Technical
What seems like a never ending battle with bovine tuberculosis (TB) has lead many to believe that aspirations of eradicating...
Beef News
The 11th meeting of the TB Forum was held yesterday (May 26), attended by a range of stakeholder groups and...
Environment
A nationally coordinated initiative to monitor deer in Ireland, involving a new smartphone app and a web-based survey, has been...
Beef
Suggestions that on-farm valuations of TB reactor cattle could be ended in place of remote market price-based valuations have been...