Johne's disease causes cattle to waste away and die. Photo: Jack Caffrey
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This was the first meeting of this more hands-on, delivery-focused group since a wider industry meeting involving Animal Health Ireland (AHI), the Department of Agriculture, farming organisations, vets, dairy processors and breeding societies agreed the principle of a voluntary programme last week.
AHI chairman Mike Magan told the Irish Farmers Journal after Friday’s meeting that the principle of a three-way partnership between farmers, milk processors and the State was now well established. The next big discussion point in the New Year will how to share the costs between the three.
The programme is expected to comprise an intervention by a specially-trained vet on each participating farm and regular testing. Each farmer will be given a choice to enter the programme or not.
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Listen to an interview with Joe O’Flaherty on the prospects and challenges for the proposed programme in our podcast below:
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This was the first meeting of this more hands-on, delivery-focused group since a wider industry meeting involving Animal Health Ireland (AHI), the Department of Agriculture, farming organisations, vets, dairy processors and breeding societies agreed the principle of a voluntary programme last week.
AHI chairman Mike Magan told the Irish Farmers Journal after Friday’s meeting that the principle of a three-way partnership between farmers, milk processors and the State was now well established. The next big discussion point in the New Year will how to share the costs between the three.
The programme is expected to comprise an intervention by a specially-trained vet on each participating farm and regular testing. Each farmer will be given a choice to enter the programme or not.
Listen to an interview with Joe O’Flaherty on the prospects and challenges for the proposed programme in our podcast below:
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