Schemes
Applications are currently being accepted for the €6 million On-Farm Badger Biosecurity Scheme which officially opened this week.
Agri-Business
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon has today (Wednesday, May 13) officially opened the new On-Farm Badger Biosecurity Scheme.
Beef
The new €6 million on-farm badger biosecurity scheme under the TB Action Plan has been welcomed by the ICSA.
Minister Heydon has announced a new €6 million on-farm badger biosecurity scheme as part of the new TB Action Plan.
Tenders are being sought for the provision of "suitably trained and skilled operatives" to assist in delivery of the badger capture and inspections programme.
N.Ireland
Securing an effective bovine tuberculosis (bTB) eradication strategy is now the most important priority for agriculture in Northern Ireland.
More than €14.6 million euro was paid to vets for bovine tuberculosis (TB) testing in...
A new farmer-led research project in England is exploring how badger vaccination may be used within the TB eradication strategy.
Rural Life
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine wants to deal with the "current vaccination approach" as part of his new plan to tackle TB.
A 56-year-old man has been convicted of attempting to ‘Damage Or Destroy the Shelter of a Wild Animal’ and fined £500 at a court in NI
Minister Martin Heydon outlined the reasons his department captures badgers in areas where "serious outbreaks of TB have been identified".
Research scientists at the Agri-Food and Biosciences’ Institute (AFBI) are confirming that bovine tuberculosis (bTB) can be fully eradicated
Beef News
Despite efforts by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to curb the spread of bovine...
Badgers are captured using 'stopped body restraints' in relation to the national TB eradication programme according to minister.
Research on a farmer led badger vaccination programme as TB control, has been published in the British Ecological Society journal
Queen guitarist Brian May sets out to "get to the truth about Bovine TB, cattle, and badgers" in a new TV documentary to air this week.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) has captured and vaccinated 5,046 badgers against tuberculosis (TB) to date this year.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) is offering funding for research on the role of badgers in the spread of bovine tuberculosis (bTB).
Culling badgers will not deliver the full eradication of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) according to a leading UK cattle vet.
The wildlife control and research programme under the TB Eradication Programme is "continuing to fail farmers", the ICSA has said.
Agri Politics
Deputy Matthews asked Minister McConalogue how much money was spent on the TB vaccinations for badgers in the past 10 years....
Environment
Gardaí in Co. Limerick are appealing for witnesses in a suspected case of badger baiting, after the suspected disturbance of badger sets.
Suckler farmer, Joe McEvoy from Drumconrath, Co. Meath is one of many farmers in a constant battle with rising cases of TB
