Beef
Beef Plan ‘frustrated’ at exclusion from TB eradication forum
Beef Plan Movement representatives were not invited to the recent meeting of the tuberculosis (TB) eradication forum, chaired by Minister...
Bovine TB
N.Ireland
Lakeland concerns over pace and direction of policy for NI dairy
Lakeland Dairies has voiced its “serious concerns” about the pace and direction of political policy in relation to the Northern...
N.Ireland
LMC chief urges decisive action on bTB eradication
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is regarded by many farming families as the most significant threat to their businesses. This is a...
Beef
Emergency TB summit ‘not before time’ – TD
Sinn Féin spokesperson on Agriculture, Deputy Martin Kenny, has said that the agriculture minister’s decision to call a summit to...
N.Ireland
‘Blueprint’ to eradicate TB in Northern Ireland published
The Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Andrew Muir today (Tuesday, April 15) published the bovine tuberculosis (TB) steering...
N.Ireland
Calls for immediate cull of TB-infected badgers in NI
Farmers for Action (FFA) is calling for an immediate cull of tuberculosis (TB) infected badgers in Northern Ireland with immediate...
N.Ireland
13% increase in number of TB reactors in Northern Ireland
The number of bovine tuberculosis (TB) reactors in Northern Ireland increased by 13% in a year, according to the Department...
Rural Life
Bovine TB programme board members announced
The new Bovine TB Eradication Programme Board has been announced by Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change...
Agri-Business
AHDB submits complaint to BBC over bovine TB documentary
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has submitted an official complaint to the BBC regarding Queen guitarist Brian May’s...
Agri-Business
New bovine TB strategy to end badger cull and focus on vaccinations
The UK government has launched a new bovine tuberculosis (TB) eradication strategy to end the badger cull and focus on...
Agri Politics
AHDB 'disappointed' over missing evidence in bovine TB documentary
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has said it is “disappointed” that the BBC’s documentary on bovine tuberculosis (bovine...
Agri-Business
NFU expresses 'deep concern' to BBC over bovine TB documentary
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has written to the BBC to express its “deep concern” ahead of the airing of...
Agri Politics
NFU Cymru and FUW welcome bovine TB eradication board
The National Farmers’ Union of Wales (NFU Cymru) and the Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) have both welcomed the appointment...
Government
New Welsh bovine TB board to be chaired by a farmer
A new Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) Eradication Programme Board has been established for Wales and will be chaired by a farmer...
Government
APHA seeks workgroup leader for bTB immunology and vaccines team
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) is seeking a workgroup leader for its bovine tuberculosis (bTB) immunology and vaccines...
Rural Life
Llandysul farmer fined £6k for not adhering to cattle regulations
A Llandysul farmer has been fined a total of £6,091.59 for breaches of cattle regulations, Ceredigion County Council has said....
Government
Further changes made to bovine TB testing in Wales
Further changes have been made to bovine tuberculosis (bTB) testing in Wales by Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural...
Agri-Business
Wales: Immediate changes to be made to on-farm slaughter
Immediate changes will be made to on-farm slaughter in Wales, the government has said, after recommendations from the Bovine TB...
