Agri-Business
Minister Martin Heydon has given an update on the total number of compensation payments made under the TB eradication programme so far this year.
Dairy
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon said he is "monitoring" the current valuation ceilings under the bovine TB programme.
Agri Politics
The IFA president Francie Gorman has called for the valuation ceilings under the bovine tuberculosis (TB) programme to be reviewed.
Beef
The current ceilings on valuations of cattle lost to TB are "inadequate" and are "making restocking impossible", the ICMSA has said.
There are farmers across the country that have been "struck down" with TB reactors...
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is being urged to revise the compensation caps for cattle culled due to TB.
The Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM) have decreased the TB top-up payment a farmer would receive per unit of...
N.Ireland
An association for vets in Northern Ireland has said that a proposed reduction in the bovine TB compensation rate would be "unfair".
The DAFM has said that the additional compensation owed to farmers from bovine (TB) "will be paid in the coming weeks".
Changes to arrangements for TB testing and compensation have been welcomed by farm organisations, though they believe some issues remain.
An increase in compensation rates for farmers that go down with TB has been agreed, the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers' Association has said.
An increase in the income supplement paid to farmers that have outbreaks of TB is being progressed in the TB Stakeholders Forum.
The Dáil has heard that compensation levels for farmers that lose cattle through TB need to be increased, particularly for pedigree herds.
The ICSA has called for the removal of the €3,000 cap on the compensation that farmers can receive for Bovine Tuberculosis.
Farmers will have the option to complete their applications for TB compensation under the On-Farm...
Suggestions that on-farm valuations of TB reactor cattle could be ended in place of remote market price-based valuations have been slammed.
A farmer who previously pleaded guilty to breaching TB rules by tampering with a TB test is not entitled to compensation, the minister said.
Independent consultants will undertake a review of OFMV, which determines the compensation paid for cattle lost to TB.
Rural Life
The proposals put forward by the TB Forum are "incomplete", as they do not address compensation for farmers, according to Hugh Farrell.
TB compensation is expected to cost Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture £24 million - close to double the amount four years ago - AgriLand can reveal.
