The announcement comes following a beef steer being identified as a TB reactor in a routine herd test at AFBI’s research farm.

Dr Sinclair Mayne from AFBI said: “The postponement of this major event is a huge disappointment for everyone involved, but planning is already underway for a rescheduled event during spring 2016.”

The event was originally announced in mid-July with the theme of “Surviving Today - Planning for Tomorrow.” The open day was aiming to focus on a number of critical areas in relation to controlling production costs in the short term, based on the latest research findings from Hillsborough.

A series of farm walks are now to be planned instead for the Autumn by AFBI, in association with AgriSearch and the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE). The focus of the events will be on reducing winter feed costs due to the current difficulties facing the industry.

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AFBI dairy open day postponed due to TB reactor

A dairy open day that was planned to take on 16 September at Hillsborough has been postponed, the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) have announced.