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Longford Leader Farming: Right to ‘live’ valuations must be protected

“Any moves to remove fair and proper valuations from the TB Eradication Programme will be vigorously opposed by ICSA. The suggestion that all animals could be accurately valued on a desktop basis is ludicrous,” he said. Mr Farrell was referencing a...

18 May 2021 at 17:00

Farming

New approach to inconclusive reactor animals

Following a recent meeting of the Implementation working group of the TB Forum, the Department of Agriculture has announced that it is moving forward with implementation of the recommendations in the bTB Eradication Strategy, in respect of...

08 Apr 2021 at 21:03

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Irish farmers urged to use new badger tracking app to tackle bovine TB

Irish farmers are being urged to use a new badger tracking app to tackle TB rates. The app, which was developed as an enhancement to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's wildlife programme, will allow farmers to immediately report...

23 Nov 2021 at 13:55

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Minister must maximise latitude given by EU on BEAM

...being taken in the dark and time extensions alone will not resolve this,” he said. Brendan Golden said farmers who have a TB breakdown or any other exceptional event on their farm must have this treated as Force Majeure and the 5% requirement...

19 Feb 2021 at 18:00

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Longford Leader Farming: Plans for mandatory 30-day pre-movement TB tests

The department’s draft ‘Ten Year Roadmap to Reduce TB and Drive Towards Eradication 2020-2030’ outlines that herds which have a history of several breakdowns, or a large extended breakdown, are at a higher risk of recurrence of TB after they...

14 Nov 2020 at 11:00

Farming

Longford Leader Farming: Groups welcome positive first steps from TB Forum meeting

He said the Minister directed his officials to provide the Forum members with a draft TB strategy, and to initiate bi-lateral meetings with the farm organisations in particular as a matter of urgency, to develop an agreed approach in achieving the...

12 Oct 2020 at 12:00

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Longford Leader Farming: Minister has to take control of TB issue

...on providing farmers with real input to the programme design and proportionate representation for farmers at the table. The TB Forum process has failed and it is time to get back to basics and deal with the real drivers of TB,” he said. The...

29 Sept 2020 at 11:00

Longford Leader Farming: Blacklisting of farmers by Department must be stopped

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Longford Leader Farming: Blacklisting of farmers by Deparment must be stopped

“This raises very serious issues for these farmers who through no fault of their own have had TB ouTBreaks. It will have implications for selling cattle and calves from their farms,” he said. "In addition, this underhand approach by the...

12 Sept 2020 at 13:00

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Longford Leader Farming: Bovine TB '70 years and counting'

...of missed opportunities and often ruinous expense for farmers. Mr McCabe noted that ICMSA alone had attended 30 meetings on TB strategy in just the past year. He said that farmers “desperately” wanted this latest eradication drive to succeed, but...

01 Mar 2022 at 10:00

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Never an occasion where Declan Barry feared for his own life

...can make is really massive. My first project was a malnutrition project and the children responded so well to it. HIV and TB, if you get people on treatment, the response is really good. In all my projects you get this sense of ‘wow’. We push really...

03 Jul 2013 at 17:00

Farming

Longford Leader Farming: ICSA President calls for Brexit intervention clarity

...to better market our organic meats and capitalise much more on the potential. He said ICSA is fully opposed to making the TB history available on mart boards and will remain committed to this position at the TB stakeholder forum. Mr Kent...

18 Feb 2019 at 15:00

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Longford farming experts say scheme must reflect market value of TB animals

...“interference” with the independence of the live valuation scheme, and the resulting under-valuation of animals removed as TB reactors from farms. The organisation’s Animal Health Chairman Bert Stewart said it was not just farmers that were...

24 Jan 2017 at 16:00

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