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Dairy
ICMSA wants ‘real action’ from deer management strategy manager
James Hanly
The call was made by the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association on the back of the awarding of the tender for deer management strategy programme manager to Farm Relief Services.
5 February 2025 Northern Ireland
Deer have ‘small role’ with bovine TB spread in NI
As part of the research, 522 deer were culled across Northern Ireland over a five-year period.
5 February 2025 Northern Ireland
Muir defends makeup of new TB group
Minister interview: One year into office, Minister Muir sat down with David Wright to discuss the major issues in NI farming
February workload starts with TB test
After a quiet few weeks, the workload is on the rise, write Jessica Pollock.
5 February 2025 Northern Ireland
TB battle can be won, says AHWNI chief
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 Northern Ireland
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.
29 January 2025 Viewpoints
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