N.Ireland
Zone 3 of NI Soil Nutrient Health Scheme to open next month
Northern Ireland’s agriculture minister, Andrew Muir, has announced that registrations for Zone 3 of the Soil Nutrient Health Scheme (SNHS)...
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N.Ireland
Badger Face Texels make an impression at Balmoral 2024
Badger Face Texel, the latest breed member of the Texel family, classes drew large crowds at this year’s Balmoral Show....
Agri-Business
Case of mad cow disease confirmed in Scotland
The Scottish government has confirmed that a case of classical bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, was detected on...
N.Ireland
Ministers support UK’s National Action Plan on AMR
A UK-wide plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been welcomed by the Minister of Health of Northern Ireland, Robin...
N.Ireland
Injectable medicines for dogs and horses seized in Belfast
Medicines for dogs and horses have been seized by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in Belfast. In a...
N.Ireland
Bird flu contaminated milk causes deaths of cats in US
Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory has revealed that domestic cats died from Highly Pathogenic...
N.Ireland
Down man awarded ‘World Vet of the Year 2024’ title
A senior lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast has been named ‘World Vet of the Year 2024’ at the prestigious Global...
N.Ireland
Driving efficiency and sustainability with robotic milking
Securing optimal levels of carbon reduction within a robotic milking enterprise was the focus of a recent farm walk. The...
N.Ireland
FFA requests meeting with NI chief vet as bTB cases reach ‘all time high’
Farmers For Action (FFA) has requested a meeting with Northern Ireland’s chief veterinary officer as bovine tuberculosis (bTB) infection among...
N.Ireland
Call for review of bTB eradication measures in NI
The Pedigree Cattle Trust is calling for an independent review of the measures taken to eradicate bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in...
Rural Life
PETA requests roadside memorial for cows following incident
Following an accident in which a lorry carrying 40 cows overturned on the A5 in Gobowen, Shropshire in which seven...
Agri-Business
Wales: Bovine TB advisory group to meet for the first time this week
The bovine TB technical advisory group (TAG) for Wales will meet for the first time this week on Wednesday (April...
Other
Shropshire: Vets and farmers rescue 33 cattle from overturned lorry
A team of vets have been called “heroes” for helping to save 33 cattle from an overturned lorry in Gobowen,...
Agri-Business
American Foulbrood outbreak detected in Perthshire beehive
An outbreak of American Foulbrood (AFB) has been found in a single hive in the Stanley area of Perthshire, the...
N.Ireland
UK declares itself free from bird flu pending WOAH review
The UK government has self-declared “zonal freedom” from highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu). The UK does not currently have...
Dairy
Breeding season: What is the potential impact of a retained placenta?
On farms where calving begins in mid-January, there will now be calves between nine and 10-weeks-of-age, and it may be...
Beef
Indonesia suspends cattle imports from Australian facility
Indonesia has temporarily suspended the export of live cattle from a facility in the northern territory of Australia. The suspension...
N.Ireland
Study: Vaccination reduces ‘severity’ and spread of TB in cattle
A new study led by the University of Cambridge and Penn State University has shown that vaccination not only reduces...
