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‘We stuck to our guns’ on brucellosis - Department
Noel Bardon
The experience of eradicating brucellosis shows that animal diseases can be eradicated, even in the face of farm organisation opposition to new measures, a Department official said.
10 November 2024 News
30-acre Hungarian tomato farm utilising modern greenhouses
The Irish Farmers Journal visited one of the 8.9-acre greenhouses while on an agricultural press tour of Hungary.
25 October 2024 News
Very high public trust in veterinary professionals - survey
The trust levels among the adults surveyed surpass those of doctors and teachers.
Co-ops an ‘effective and low-cost’ way to enhance bioeconomy - ICOS
ICOS hosted an information webinar on the opportunities for farmers in the bio-based economy with a focus on enhancing Ireland’s anaerobic digestion yield.
20 October 2024 News
Mild weather posing pneumonia risk to weanlings
Temperatures are expected to rise in the coming days, bringing with it an increasing risk of respiratory problems in young cattle and animals recently housed.
15 October 2024 Management
You’re taking the brisket – the lore of blackleg disease in cattle
In Ireland, blackleg was also variously known as black-quarter (with its Irish variants ‘cheathrú dhubh’ and ‘cheathrú ghorm’), quarter-evil, quarter-ill and speedy disease. John Flaherty reports.
18 September 2024 Feature
Quarantine protocol for buying in sheep on Tullamore Farm
The risk of bringing disease into a flock when purchasing sheep can be greatly reduced by having a good biosecurity policy in place.
28 July 2024 Sheep breeding
Teagasc celebrates 60 years of agricultural innovation at Oak Park
The National Crops Research Centre held an open day, which showcased the evolution of crop production and how crop science has advanced over the past 60 years.
17 July 2024 News
Increased risk that bluetongue will be reintroduced to UK - scientist
Dr Chris Sanders said the recent temperature increase has a significant bearing on the risk that the BTV-3 strain of bluetongue poses to UK livestock.
24 June 2024 News
Redwater cases on the rise in the northwest
There’s a dense mat of grass on some farms which can be ideal conditions for ticks, a Cavan vet has warned.
5 June 2024 News
Sheep genetics export centre to open in NI
The centre, which will be run by Animal Breeding Europe, will include facilities to collect, freeze and quarantine both semen and embryos.
29 May 2024 Northern Ireland
Scientists searching for wool shedding genes
Young rams from local Easycare and Wiltshire Horn flocks have been DNA sampled to help identify the genes that lead to wool shedding.
29 May 2024 Northern Ireland