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Northern Ireland
TB battle can be won, says AHWNI chief
David Wright
Dr Sam Strain was the main speaker at a TB meeting in Cookstown organised by FFA in NI
29 January 2025 Northern Ireland
Protest statement made claims UFU President
David Wright reports from the UFU roadshow held in Coleraine on Monday night
29 January 2025 Viewpoints
Home Farm: Storm damage - wires and trees
Within an hour chainsaws and a heavy duty loader were on the scene and the road was cleared.
Letter to the Editor: proliferation of wildlife that are bTB vectors
'In the last two months, I’ve lost 40% of my herd to a TB outbreak after being free for over 20 years' - name & details with the editor.
29 January 2025 Letters
Farming news: IFA AGM, Dáil chaos and TB reactor numbers
On this week's episode we discuss the latest in politics as well as trends around TB reactor numbers.
24 January 2025 News
TB reactors jump 44% to over 41,000
The latest Irish Farmers Journal analysis found that the 12-month herd incident rate for TB ended the year at exactly 6%.
22 January 2025 News
Department vet advises against contract rearing over TB risk
Martin Ryan gave this advice while speaking to many affected farmers at the North Tipperary Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) AGM on Monday night.
22 January 2025 News
History and Charles Haughey's infamous TB eradication call
In 1965 Charlie Haughey announced that Ireland had beaten bovine TB - six decades later the farm sector is still grappling with the disease. We look at the history of the eradication scheme.
22 January 2025 News
Counting the real on-farm cost of TB
The O'Meara family from Lorrha in north Tipperary has lost 93 cows and 60 steers to TB since the disease struck the herd in April 2021.
22 January 2025 News
Muir outlines plans for new TB group
A new TB group is to come forward with a plan to help tackle bovine TB in NI.
22 January 2025 Northern Ireland
TB reactor numbers at their worst level since 1999
The Irish Farmers Journal analysed 2024's TB metrics against those reported for the past 25 years.
22 January 2025 News
Department vet open to testing deer for TB
New superintending veterinary inspector for Tipperary Martin Ryan was speaking to farmers about bovine TB at the north Tipperary Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) AGM on Monday.
22 January 2025 News