Agri-Business
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers' Association has said eradication of TB depends on "effort and commitment" from "right across the sector".
Rural Life
The overall cost of tackling TB increased to more than €121 million last year according to new figures published by DAFM.
Dairy
Following the announcement of the TB action plan by Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon, changes are set to kick in to place this April.
TB compensation ceilings are "hopelessly out of date" and should be removed altogether, farmers have urged.
N.Ireland
Speaking at the Oxford Farming Conference on Thursday Minister Andrew Muir of DAERA talked TB, tax and the SPS agri-food agreement.
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Beef
DAFM has said it is possible for farms restricted with TB to avoid being caught out on the ranking and selection criteria under TAMS.
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) has expressed concern over the ranking and...
Herd keepers across Northern Ireland are to receive written advice from the Department of...
An appeal has been made for "additional compensation" for the full depopulation of a pedigree herd that comes down with TB.
DAFM has confirmed to Agriland that the backlog of bovine tuberculosis (TB) compensation payments has been cleared.
Agri Politics
DAFM needs a 'top up' of funding according to Minister Martin Heydon to meet cost pressures from TB and farm payments due under ACRES.
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon said he is "monitoring" the current valuation ceilings under the bovine TB programme.
Livestock marts have been informed by Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon,...
Opinion
The confirmation that Dublin and Belfast have agreed to tackle the scourge of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) on an all-island basis makes sense
When it is said that a cow has 'good genes' for a trait like milk production, it is referring to...
The IFA president Francie Gorman has called for the valuation ceilings under the bovine tuberculosis (TB) programme to be reviewed.
Animal and Plant Health Agency in the UK has announced that its field trials for a bovine TB vaccine and has moved to the next phase.
The "escalation" in expenditure for the TB programme over the last number of years has been...
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has said "outdated ceilings" which value cattle lost to bovine tuberculosis (TB) need to be removed.
Latest figures from DAFM show the total expenditure on the TB programme soared to €79.4 million by the end of quarter three.
The current ceilings on valuations of cattle lost to TB are "inadequate" and are "making restocking impossible", the ICMSA has said.
