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News round-up from Northern Ireland
Peter McCann
Weekly round-up of news from the farming industry in Northern Ireland.
12 March 2025 Husbandry
Tillage Management: sowing, spreading and spraying
It’s all go in the tillage fields this week as fine weather has taken over the weather charts to give farmers a great chance this spring.
9 March 2025 News
Navura is new to the market for barley T1 spray
Navura is a new fungicide product from BASF. It contains Revysol and is recommended for the T1 fungicide on barley.
Foot-and-mouth found on 1,400 head cattle farm in Hungary
Food-and-mouth disease has been confirmed on a cattle farm in Hungary.
7 March 2025 News
Farmer support key for TB progress in New Zealand
New Zealand has made huge progress with eradicating bovine TB from livestock.
5 March 2025 News
Department working to address Heptavac P Plus shortages
Minister Heydon stated that Department of Agriculture officials are working to address the tight availability of the clostridial and pasteurellosis vaccines.
3 March 2025 News
Rumen fluke increases after wet summer
Increasingly wet weather is leading to more incidences of rumen fluke in cattle and sheep. Aidan Brennan writes.
1 March 2025 Animal Health
Cutting back on nitrogen on forward crops
This year farmers are being advised to cut back on nitrogen to reduce disease levels on crops. A change from recent years, writes Siobhan Walsh.
26 February 2025 News
Avian flu leads to 112,000 birds culled in NI
DAERA officials have said the two most recent cases are still awaiting official confirmation of avian influenza.
26 February 2025 Northern Ireland
Double down on biosecurity - leading poultry vet
St David’s Poultry team specialist poultry vet Aonghus Lane advised farmers to “do the basics and do it as well as you possibly can”.
26 February 2025 News
UK 'battle bluetongue' campaign launched
The campaign is urging farmers to consult their vet about vaccinating their herd or flock against bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) this spring.
24 February 2025 News
Almost 16,000 birds to be culled in Tyrone due to suspected bird flu
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is investigating a further suspected case of notifiable avian influenza in a commercial poultry premises near Pomeroy, Co Tyrone.
24 February 2025 Northern Ireland