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Farmer Writes: the trials of dairy farming
Joe Collingborn
The desktop management from Westminster still continues to alarm me, writes Joe Collingborn.
4 September 2024 Northern Ireland
English ministers plan to end badger cull
Culling of badgers in England is to finish by the end of the current UK parliament, government minsters have said.
28 August 2024 News
Owens: evidence and science must be used to stop TB
It comes after the BBC last week broadcast the documentary ‘Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me’, which discussed the transmitting of bovine tuberculosis in the UK.
BBC’s badger show courts controversy
The Dealer has come across a new documentary set to air on the BBC this week led by Queen guitarist Brian May on badger culling.
21 August 2024 Dealer
Muir has ‘serious concerns’ for NI farm budget
DAERA Minister Andrew Muir spoke to the Irish Farmers Journal earlier this week. Peter McCann reports
21 August 2024 Northern Ireland
Legal challenge to English badger cull
Another legal challenge has been launched in England against badger culling
14 August 2024 Northern Ireland
Study identifies role for badger vaccination
A small-scale pilot study has highlighted the potential role for badger vaccination on farms.
7 August 2024 Northern Ireland
News round-up from Northern Ireland
Weekly round-up of news from the farming industry in Northern Ireland.
26 June 2024 Northern Ireland
No routine TB testing of badger roadkill
Only 61 road kill badgers were tested for TB by the Department of Agriculture in 2023.
5 June 2024 News
One in five badgers test positive for TB
Despite the high positive rates, there are concerns that the survey could be under-estimating the extent of bovine TB infections in local wildlife.
8 May 2024 Northern Ireland
More questions than answers on TB in cattle
Farmer frustration with bovine TB controls is about much more than a loose comment in a ministerial response to a written parliamentary question.
8 May 2024 Dealer
New UFU president digs in on bovine TB
The new president of the Ulster Farmers' Union has made clear his position on bovine TB.
1 May 2024 Northern Ireland