The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon has said he will reach a “final point” for his plan to control TB “very soon”.

Speaking to Agriland from Expo 2025, in Osaka, Japan, the minister said that he has reflected on the points made by stakeholders and farming organisations, and that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is “still teasing out” some issues.

Minister Heydon said that "a series of interventions" are needed and that this will require" significant increases in investment that protects the 94% of farmers that don’t have TB from getting it, and gives us a clear pathway for the 6% of herds that are affected by TB”.