Poultry keepers have been urged to maintain strict levels of biosecurity across their flocks after compulsory housing measures were lifted...
April 2, 2021
Irish veterinary consultant Dr. Tommy Heffernan has highlighted the need for everyone entering a livestock farm, to wash and dip...
March 30, 2021
A 2020 survey carried out in the UK has confirmed that one in three dairy farmers do not fully implement...
March 29, 2021
Brexit could be an opportunity to bolster the UK’s biosecurity efforts – but much could be at stake if the...
May 8, 2018
A major government exercise will see the UK’s four regional agricultural departments in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England come...
February 12, 2018
Proposals to charge farmers for bovine TB tests will cost the average business a further £257 a year, with bigger...
December 12, 2017
TB action is long over-due; but some of the measures proposed by the department are “seriously concerning”, the UFU’s deputy...
December 1, 2017
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) today launched a public consultation on a range of proposals...
November 30, 2017
TB rates are continuing to spiral in Northern Ireland as the disease surpasses its worst rate in 12 years, according...
Farmers frequently convince themselves that their biosecurity is much better than in reality, Northern Ireland’s most senior vet has said....
November 22, 2017
TB compensation is expected to cost Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture around £24 million (€27.17 million) this year – close...
November 12, 2017
TB rates in the North have hit their worst in more than a decade, according to the latest DAERA figures,...
October 31, 2017
Farmers have been urged to be vigilant after cases of bluetongue have been detected in Britain. Several cattle imported from...
October 25, 2017
Tuberculosis (TB) rates have hit their worst level in Northern Ireland in more than a decade, the latest figures reveal....
October 20, 2017
The strict enforcement of high levels of biosecurity measures is key to preventing bird flu outbreaks on poultry farms, according to...
December 21, 2016
A new study of badger behaviour on Northern Ireland farms found that badgers are more likely to visit farmyards in...
February 27, 2015
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