Agri-Business
Less frequent TB testing to incentivise strengthened biosecurity
Farmers who have managed to stay clear of bovine TB for at least six years will be able to revert...
Bovine TB
Agri-Business
Survey reveals bovine TB in a fifth of roadkill badgers in Cheshire
The first study to test for bovine tuberculosis in badgers on the edge of the cattle TB epidemic in England,...
Agri-Business
New badger research sheds light on why controlling TB has been so difficult
Unexpected variation in badger behaviour found by scientists may cause a rethink on impacts of bovine TB interventions. New research...
Agri-Business
New badger research sheds light on why controlling TB has been so difficult
Unexpected variation in badger behaviour found by scientists may cause a rethink on impacts of bovine TB interventions. New research...
Agri-Business
TB: Compulsory insurance and an end to compensation on the cards
A review of the Government’s 25-year bovine TB strategy includes recommendations to scrap compensation and give farmers more information when buying...
Government
Measures to fight TB unveiled as new data shows badger cull halves disease
Reductions in new outbreaks of bovine TB have been recorded in Gloucestershire and Somerset following the completion of licensed four-year...
Beef
TB: 10% more new herd infections in Wales than in 2017
As South Wales farmers gather for the annual Pembrokeshire County Show, the continued frustration of the impact of Bovine TB...
Rural Life
BVA raises welfare concerns for badgers trapped in cages during heatwave
A professional body representing 17,000 British vets has voiced concerns for the welfare of badgers who may be trapped in cages...
Dairy
Volatility to remain a challenge for the dairy sector
Milk price volatility will remain a major challenge for the dairy sector, according to AFBI (Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute) chief...
N.Ireland
TB compensation proposals branded 'legalised theft' by outraged farmers
Proposals to cap TB compensation have been branded as ‘legalised theft‘ by Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) deputy president Victor Chestnutt....
N.Ireland
New TB board 'TBEP' on the hunt for two farming representatives
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) today launched a competition to appoint seven members to its new...
N.Ireland
TVR badger research project kicks off today
The Test and Vaccinate or Remove (TVR) Wildlife Intervention Research Project is to start today, June 19, in a 100km² area...
N.Ireland
'Realistic wildlife culling policy needed before agreement on TB eradication can be reached'
Former UFU president Greer McCollum has called on the current Union leadership not to reach any agreement regarding a future...
N.Ireland
‘Realistic wildlife culling policy needed before agreement on TB eradication can be reached’
Former UFU president Greer McCollum has called on the current Union leadership not to reach any agreement regarding a future...
