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...
Tuberculosis
Beef
'Don't go chasing ghosts' when it comes to TB
Farmers have been warned not to go “chasing ghosts” when it comes to sources of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in this...
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Give your dairy hygiene programme a spring clean
Having a dairy hygiene programme in place is crucial, as when spring arrives, Irish dairy farmers are in the thick...
Agri Politics
EU must support Irish effort to eradicate bovine TB - MEP
The European Commission needs to support Ireland’s efforts to achieve bovine tuberculosis (TB) free status in the coming years, according...
Beef
Study: Farmer-led badger vaccination effective against TB
Research on a farmer-led badger vaccination programme has been published in the British Ecological Society journal and has found that...
Agri-Business
DAFM monitoring bovine TB vaccine trials 'very closely'
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has said that trials on a bovine tuberculosis (TB) vaccine are...
Beef
TB reactor animals removed from herd at an average '17.3' days
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has said that the average time from a bovine tuberculosis (bTB) test...
Beef
TB turmoil: Wicklow dairy farmer's dismay at loss of entire herd
Joe and his father Anthony Metcalfe are dairy and beef farmers in Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow. The duo recently lost their...
Beef
Bovine TB 'is becoming concentrated' within the dairy herd
Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) “is becoming more concentrated within the dairy herd”, according to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...
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Beef News
98% of national herd tested for TB in 2020 - DAFM report
Approximately 98% of the national herd was tested for bovine tuberculosis (TB) in 2020, according to the Department of Agriculture,...
Dairy
TB-testing protocol extended by the DAFM
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has announced the extension of Covid-19-related TB-testing protocol until August 1,...
N.Ireland
What the 'TB Tax' could cost your business
Proposals to charge farmers for bovine TB tests will cost the average business a further £257 a year, with bigger...
N.Ireland
'TB proposals cause serious concern - but difficult decisions must be made'
TB action is long over-due; but some of the measures proposed by the department are “seriously concerning”, the UFU’s deputy...
N.Ireland
Farmers could pay for TB tests under range of radical proposals
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) today launched a public consultation on a range of proposals...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland TB rates surpass 12-year high
TB rates are continuing to spiral in Northern Ireland as the disease surpasses its worst rate in 12 years, according...
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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...
N.Ireland
Six-hour TB test to launch at the end of this month
A pioneering six-hour TB test is expected to launch by the end of November. The test, called Actiphage, has been...
N.Ireland
TB levels in the North peak at highest rate in over a decade
Tuberculosis (TB) rates have hit their worst level in Northern Ireland in more than a decade, the latest figures reveal....
