Agri Politics
Commission 'needs to forget about' pre-movement TB testing clear herds
The European Commission needs to forget about targeting clear herds for 30-day pre-movement TB tests, according to the Irish Cattle...
Agri Politics
The European Commission needs to forget about targeting clear herds for 30-day pre-movement TB tests, according to the Irish Cattle...
Agri-Business
Tuberculosis (TB) in cattle and badgers passes between members of the same species at least twice as often than between...
Rural Life
Zoology researchers from Trinity College Dublin, working with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and the National Parks...
Dairy
Questions have been posed on the efficiency of Ireland’s Bovine TB Eradication Programme by farmers who are currently facing the...
CAP / Schemes
A new regulation on the way from Europe will mean stricter TB testing, meaning many farmers seeking to sell cattle...
Beef
Ireland is facing a funding penalty of €1.6 million from the European Commission as a result of increasing TB herd...
Agri Politics
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association’s (ICSA’s) animal health and welfare chair, Hugh Farrell, has slammed a the findings...
CAP / Schemes
The level of financial supports provided through the bovine TB (bTB) Eradication Programme as compensation should be re-examined, according to...
Beef
Herd incidence for bovine TB (bTB) stood at 3.46% as of September 29, for the third quarter of 2019, according...
Beef
A formal request made by the Beef Plan Movement to attend the recent Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the...
Agri Politics
The Bovine TB Eradication Programme will be the key item of discussion when the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the...
Agri Politics
New bovine TB rules are in the Delegated Act (DA) on Part II of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 on surveillance, eradication...
Agri Politics
Focus must be firmly kept on eradicating TB – and “repeated efforts” to move away from this primary focus is...
Beef
There has been a marginal increase in the herd incidence levels of bovine TB (bTB) recorded for the first six...
Beef
Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is a serious and costly issue which has affected almost every farm in the country in some...
Agri Politics
Proposals by the TB Forum to increase TB controls and costs on farms have been rejected by the Irish Farmers’...
CAP / Schemes
The submission of the report from the TB Forum has been welcomed by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine,...
Beef
The TB Forum has agreed upon 10 policy options to recommend to Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael...