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Germany puts foot-and-mouth disease vaccines on standby
Amy Forde
The decision to activate the foot-and-mouth disease vaccine bank is not a decision for the actual use of the vaccine.
15 January 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: Looking into 2025 – TB change needed
We are spending €170m on the island trying to eradicate TB, on top of lost output and further on farm cost while the numbers are going the wrong way.
14 January 2025 Pedigree
Lots of positivity among pedigree cattle breed societies for 2025
This week, we spoke to the pedigree cattle breed societies to get their outlook for the year ahead.
Foot-and-mouth disease: buffalo, pigs and sheep slaughtered in Germany
Caitríona Morrissey analyses what has been happening since foot-and-mouth disease was confirmed in Germany.
11 January 2025 News
Risk of bluetongue incursion to Britain drops to low
Some 170 cases of bluetongue were identified between 4 September and 17 December in England and Wales.
5 January 2025 News
Netherlands will close to Irish calves ‘after 2025’
The short-term outlook for calf exports in 2025 'remains fairly positive', Bord Bia has said.
1 January 2025 News
Mart managers look back on a good year for cattle prices
James Hanly spoke to the managers of some of Ireland’s leading cattle marts to see how business fared in 2024 and how it will look next year.
1 January 2025 News
A-Z: what happened in farming in 2024
We break down all the main stories and issues in the farming sector this year from the ACRES scheme to Zwartbles sheep sales.
31 December 2024 News
Bluetongue is 'biggest threat to beef prices'
ICMSA livestock chair Michael O'Connell says bluetongue must be kept out to protect live exports.
29 December 2024 News
Reeling in the year: 2024
From weather woes to (more) ACRES issues, straw scheme scandals, election fever and co-op changes, Anne O’Donoghue brings you 2024’s top news headlines.
27 December 2024 Feature
Farmer Writes: cows housed based on calving dates
We have the cows now separated out into the three cubicle sheds according to their calving dates.
23 December 2024 Farmer Writes
'Smuggling' of animals into NI against bluetongue rules condemned by UFU
The smuggling of animals has become a serious threat putting Northern Ireland at risk of bringing in bluetongue.
10 December 2024 News