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Northern Ireland
English ministers plan to end badger cull
David Wright
Culling of badgers in England is to finish by the end of the current UK parliament, government minsters have said.
4 September 2024 News
Anger at Department's handling of TB
We spoke to two farmers that are currently locked up with the infamous bacterial disease.
4 September 2024 News
TB eradication staff shortage is ‘simply unacceptable’ - ICSA
It follows on from the Department’s update on the eradication group in which Minister Charlie McConalogue raised concerns about underfunding and understaffing.
TB reactor numbers forecast to hit 40,000 head - IFA
The IFA has called on the Minister for Agriculture and Government colleagues to outline their position on TB eradication.
3 September 2024 News
Farmers know a lot about farming
It is easy to be an efficient farmer in the meeting room of a hotel, writes Peter McCann.
28 August 2024 Northern Ireland
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
New chief vet in town
The new chief vet has plenty to be looking at in the farming sector.
21 August 2024 Dealer
Farming News: inheritance, land prices and out-of-spec fertiliser
Get the latest farming news from our news team.
16 August 2024 News
No decision on expansion of new TB test rules
New TB testing rules were imposed on farmers in February 2023 for cattle over 36 months.
14 August 2024 News
Bovine TB reactors up another 15%
The latest data on TB reactors has been published by DAERA and shows results to April 2024
14 August 2024 Northern Ireland
New research uncovers link between rainfall and TB in the Burren
Researchers have identified a possible link between high levels of rainfall or a factor associated with rainfall and TB levels in the Burren up to 2020.
14 August 2024 News
How drugs and TB changed Irish veterinary medicine
Up to the late 1940s, farm animals were generally treated by the local ‘handy man’ and vets were seen as no more than ‘horse doctors’, writes John Flaherty.
14 August 2024 News