Beef
How badly does a bovine TB breakdown affect a farmer's mental health?
It has long been recognised in farming circles that a bovine TB breakdown has multiple consequences, such as loss of...
Bovine TB
Beef
'No simple answers to ridding the country of bovine TB'
NFU Cymru has responded to the Welsh government’s statement on the Bovine TB Eradication Programme. NFU Cymru deputy president Aled...
N.Ireland
Calls for urgent TB roundtable talks as FFA warns ‘farmers have suffered enough’
Farmers For Action has warned Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture not to use Brexit transition deadlines as “an excuse” to...
N.Ireland
TB: 863 new breakdowns in NI in first half of 2020
More than 800 livestock farms across Northern Ireland which had an animal test positive for bovine TB in the first...
Agri-Business
NI vet shortage: Poots insists new TB strategy is ‘a priority’
Fears Northern Ireland’s bovine TB woes could yet again be put on the backburner have been dismissed by Agriculture Minister...
Beef
TB eradication strategy 'the only light at the end of a very dark tunnel' for farmers
“Many farmers will spend their lives fighting what feels like a losing battle against bovine TB, a devastating disease that...
Rural Life
'Badger culling delivers reductions in bovine TB of up to 66%' - NFU
National Farmers’ Union (NFU) deputy president Stuart Roberts has written to The Times in relation to a column written by...
Agri-Business
UK fined more than €3.5 million for failure to make progress eradicating TB
The European Commission has fined the UK at least €3.5 million over the last two years for a lack of progress...
Agri-Business
How much would a TB breakdown cost your farm?
A UK government report published this week has sought to put a value on how much a bovine TB breakdown...
Agri-Business
Innovative research to diagnose TB in cattle faster awarded £500,000
Ground-breaking scientific research aimed at detecting bovine tuberculosis in cattle (bTB) will take place after five projects were awarded a...
Agri-Business
TB: Minister Poots hints at plans to propose NI badger cull in the autumn
Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots set out plans to formally include “wildlife intervention” in a new bovine TB...
Agri-Business
'Ground-breaking' bovine TB vaccine trials to begin in England and Wales
‘Ground-breaking’ bovine TB vaccine trials are set to get underway in England and Wales as a result of a major breakthrough...
Agri-Business
TB testing suspended in Northern Ireland
All TB testing will cease in Northern Ireland with immediate effect, the region’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has announced. In...
Agri-Business
APHA to defer rollout of new 6-month TB testing regime
Plans to implement tighter, six-monthly TB tests in Shropshire and Staffordshire will be deferred until after the Covid-19 pandemic is...
Agri-Business
Vets welcome ‘significant step' in the fight against bovine TB in England
A body representing 12,000 UK vets has welcomed plans by Defra to fight bovine TB in England. The British Veterinary...
Agri-Business
Government to trial bovine TB vaccinations on UK farms and 'phase out' badger culls
The UK Government has announced plans to vaccinate cows for bovine TB, improve testing, and phase out badger culling, as...
Agri-Business
Pedigree group to propose radical TB eradication trials in Northern Ireland
A group representing pedigree cattle breeders in Northern Ireland announced plans to commission a report proposing pioneering methods to control...
Agri-Business
Welsh TB cattle slaughterings hit all-time high
The latest data relating to bovine TB in Wales has revealed an “alarming and unsustainable” rise in the number of...
