Beef
BVA welcomes new bovine TB plans but sounds note of caution over scientific evidence
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has welcomed the government’s latest plans to eradicate bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in England by 2038,...
Bovine TB
N.Ireland
Treasury refuses to replace £15.3 million EU TB fund for Northern Ireland
Westminster has refused to step in to replace a £15.3 million EU fund ring-fenced for TB eradication efforts in Northern Ireland,...
N.Ireland
NI bovine TB plan expected to be published in March
Hold-ups with the business plan have delayed the publication of Northern Ireland’s bovine TB plan, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots told MLAs...
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...
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...
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...
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
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
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...
