N.Ireland
Calls for changes to Farm Quality Assurance to ramp up NI’s BVD eradication efforts
Two major Northern Ireland industry bodies are calling for amendments to the Farm Quality Assurance Scheme to speed up efforts...
N.Ireland
Two major Northern Ireland industry bodies are calling for amendments to the Farm Quality Assurance Scheme to speed up efforts...
Dairy
Gone are the days when a milk sample could provide dairy farmers with information on Somatic Cell Count (SCC) and...
N.Ireland
Plans have been announced by Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to take enforcement action against...
Beef
A meeting of the partners in the Wales-wide Gwaredu BVD programme has heard that 7,000 farms in Wales are now...
Agri-Business
Within six months of launching, an initiative to “stamp out” BVD has signed up more than 120 veterinary practices across...
Beef
The number of animals Persistently Infected with Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) in Northern Ireland fell by more than 200 in the...
N.Ireland
The Ulster Farmers’ Union says Northern Ireland’s farming industry has achieved a “significant milestone” in its BVD eradication efforts. it...
N.Ireland
A Co. Fermanagh farmer has been convicted for three BVD-related offences in what has become the first conviction of its type...
N.Ireland
BVD data from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland collated for the first time shows the stark contrast in...
Government
A £5.7million funding package to help farmers across England tackle the highly contagious disease Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) has been announced...
N.Ireland
A number of Northern Irish farmers have been enquiring about the best way to rear BVD persistently infected (PI) calves...
N.Ireland
A farming lobby body in Northern Ireland has said that the May deadline is too early for the slaughter of...
N.Ireland
An agreement has been reached with the Northern Ireland Meat Exporters Association to ban persistently infected (PI) cattle from slaughter...
N.Ireland
Animal Health and Welfare Northern Ireland (AHWNI) and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs have announced further measures...
N.Ireland
Farmers will be disappointed that the BVD PI Removal Incentivisation Scheme is closing on September 30, the Deputy President of...
N.Ireland
£103,800 (€112,856) has been paid to farmers who have removed BVD-positive calves from their herds in Northern Ireland, the Livestock...
Beef
The minority of farmers who retain calves, which have tested positive for BVD, pose a risk to the entire industry,...
Dairy
Herds with calves that test positive for BVD in 2017 will be required to undergo a herd investigation by a...