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Peter McCann on 24 Feb 2021
News round-up from Northern Ireland
Weekly round-up of news from across the farming industry in Northern Ireland
David Wright on 21 Jan 2021
DAERA tightens in on BVD offenders
Farmers who retain diseased calves must keep them isolated from other susceptible animals.
Peter McCann on 11 Nov 2020
Farming news round-up from Northern Ireland
Weekly round-up of news from the farming industry in Northern Ireland
Kieran Mailey on 21 Oct 2020
Don’t delay on BVD tags - AHWNI
Farmers tagging new born calves are being reminded to submit tissue samples as early as possible
David Wright on 19 Aug 2020
Johne’s Disease plan part of Red Tractor
NI farmers can sign up to a voluntary scheme developed by animal health and welfare NI
Peter McCann on 05 Aug 2020
BVD infection rate rises in NI
Bovine Viral Diarrhoea infection rates have increased in NI for the first time since compulsory testing was introduced in 2016.
David Wright on 10 Jun 2020
16,000 NI cattle with BVD status unknown
BVD tissue tagging of newborn calves has been compulsory in NI since 1 March 2016
Peter McCann on 25 Mar 2020
News round-up from Northern Ireland
News round-up from the farming and food industries in Northern Ireland.
David Wright on 11 Mar 2020
New funding model required for disease control
Much more should be done to tackle endemic cattle diseases in NI, argues Dr Sam Strain.
Peter McCann on 22 Jan 2020
Plans to ramp up NI BVD controls
DAERA has been asked to introduce additional measures to eradicate BVD in NI
Darren Carty on 22 Jan 2020
Plans to ramp up BVD measures in NI
The measures are targeted at the swift removal of PI animals which is central to achieving further progress in BVD eradication.
Peter McCann on 15 Jan 2020
News round-up from Northern Ireland
News round-up from the farming and food industries in Northern Ireland.
Darren Carty on 27 Nov 2019
BVD prevalence rate falls to 0.05% in 2019
There has also been a marked reduction in the number of empty tags, following significantly higher levels in the last two years.
Peter McCann on 20 Nov 2019
283 herds retaining BVD positive calves
Good progress has been made, but too many farmers continue to hold PI calves in NI.
David Wright on 27 Feb 2019
Dairy industry halfway to antibiotic targets
Progress has been made against headline drug-use targets set by industry.
Peter McCann on 20 Feb 2019
News in-brief from Northern Ireland
Round-up of news from across the farming industry in Northern Ireland.
Kieran Mailey on 16 Jan 2019
Calves returned from marts due to BVD delay
Closures at BVD testing laboratories over Christmas led to a delay in BVD results for some farmers.
Peter McCann on 19 Dec 2018
Savings for low BVD risk herds unlikely
Around 900 herds in NI currently have a low-risk status for Bovine Viral Diarrhoea.
Peter McCann on 12 Dec 2018
New low-risk status for BVD herds
The main benefit of the low-risk BVD status is that tagging and tissue-testing calves for BVD could potentially become cheaper.
Peter McCann on 28 Nov 2018
News round-up from Northern Ireland
News in brief from across the farming and food industry in Northern Ireland.