Agri-Business
Over €27m spent by the Department on disease eradication to date in 2015
The Department of Agriculture has seen its expenditure on disease eradication fall significantly this year. Total expenditure on disease eradication...
TB
Agri-Business
Department spend on disease eradication schemes down in 2015
The Department of Agriculture has spent €6m less on disease eradication so far this year, according to the Minister for Agriculture,...
Sponsored
Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
Rural Life
The Dublin-Galway Greenway and TB feature on Ear to the Ground
The Dublin to Galway Greenway, TB and craft beer brewing all feature on tonight’s episode of Ear to the Ground....
Dairy
'Herds of 150 cattle or more are 50% more likely to suffer TB outbreak'
Herds of 150 cattle or more are 50% more likely to suffer a bovine TB outbreak than those with herds of...
Agri-Business
Over 4,500 deer hunting applications made this year
Over 4,500 deer hunting applications have been made so far this year, according to the Minister for Arts, Heritage and...
Agri-Business
New Department TB proposals labelled as 'insulting' to farmers
New Department of Agriculture proposals for the future have been heavily criticised by the IFA and labelled as ‘insulting’ to...
Rural Life
18% of deer removed from farms in Wicklow test positive for TB
18% of deer tested in a pocket of Co. Wicklow have tested confirmed positive for TB, according to the Department...
Agri-Business
Minister called on to pass back savings from TB Eradication Scheme
The Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has been called on to pass back the savings from the TB Eradication Scheme...
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Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
Rural Life
Brian May's trust to challenge UK badger culling trials
Former guitarist with rock band Queen – Brian May – is to challenge the lawfulness of UK badger cull licences,...
Beef
Badger culling to begin again in Northern Ireland
Badger culling is to shortly begin in the second year of a test, vaccinate or remove (TVR) wildlife intervention research project,...
Dairy
ICMSA says TB Income Supplement Scheme 'not fit for purpose'
The TB Income Supplement Scheme as it stands right now is not fit for purpose, according to the President of...
Agri-Business
Badgers may shun cattle, it isn't enough to save them being culled
Badgers may shun cattle, but it’s not enough to save them from being culled, according to the Minister for Agriculture...
Environment
Levels of TB remain disappointingly high in Wicklow (Badgers to blame) - Minister
The levels of bovine TB have remained disappointingly high in Wicklow when compared with the progress achieved nationally, according to...
Rural Life
'My farm is plagued by deer; they're everywhere'
Tom Byrne, a beef farmer from Co. Wicklow says he has been plagued by deer on his farm for years...
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Cow monitoring app 'means we can stay farming for longer'
Sylvia and John Powell installed Nedap cow monitoring on their 250-strong herd in February 2023. Farming just outside Birr, Co....
Dairy
Research confirms lack of direct contact between dairy cows and badgers
There is little evidence that badgers and dairy cows interact with each other directly, according to Dr Declan O’Mahony, from...
Environment
UK vets roll back on support of controlled shooting of badgers
The British Veterinary Authority (BVA) has said it can no longer support the continued use of controlled shooting of badgers as part...
Agri-Business
TB blood test finds more reactors (Department says it’s to be expected)
Latest figures from the Department of Agriculture show that the number of TB reactors rose last year on the back...
Agri Politics
China facing another milk scare?
Authorities in China are looking into reports that a large milk processor in the country sold milk from cows that...