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Inside the Farmers Journal: has TB turned a corner?

This week, the team chats about a decrease in TB levels, proposed changes to live export rules and hear about the sale of Newbury Demesne.

NEWS 16 July 2026

Inside the Farmers Journal: has TB turned a corner?

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TB reactor numbers down 20%

TB reactor numbers down 20%

NEWS 15 July 2026

Muir clarifies TB skin test results

Muir clarifies TB skin test results

NORTHERN IRELAND 15 July 2026

Budget 2026 TB money could be left unspent

Budget 2026 TB money could be left unspent

Budget 2026 TB money could be left unspent

NEWS 15 July 2026

Change to TB requirements for donor cows

Change to TB requirements for donor cows

Change to TB requirements for donor cows

PEDIGREE 10 July 2026

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List of Tuberculosis approved disinfectants

List of Tuberculosis approved disinfectants

"It would be really helpful if the DAFM would review their list and replace it with an easy-to-understand, current version." Name & details with the Editor

LETTERS 24 June 2026

DAERA sets out options for TB badger control

DAERA sets out options for TB badger control

David Wright outlines the main options put forward for badger control in NI.

NORTHERN IRELAND 24 June 2026

Muir warns of spike in bovine TB cases

Muir warns of spike in bovine TB cases

New requirements around blood testing in breakdown herds is likely to increase reactor numbers.

NORTHERN IRELAND 24 June 2026

Cattle classes cancelled at Dungarvan show due to TB in area

Cattle classes cancelled at Dungarvan show due to TB in area

An agricultural show in Co Waterford has made the difficult decision to cancel its cattle classes due to an outbreak of bovine TB in the area.

NEWS 24 June 2026

Silage yields hit by up to €180/ac by wild deer grazing farmland

Silage yields hit by up to €180/ac by wild deer grazing farmland

There are 193 deer-management groups in Ireland, with 1,251 landowners and 754 hunters enrolled across 100,858 ha. Niamh Murphy reports on the losses deer damage can cause to grassland.

NEWS 24 June 2026

England's TB policy group sees cattle vaccines deployed as soon as 2030

England's TB policy group sees cattle vaccines deployed as soon as 2030

The group steering TB policy in England expects vaccines that reduce the disease's transmission to be available to cattle farmers within the next four years.

NEWS 24 June 2026

DAERA to require use of TB blood test

DAERA to require use of TB blood test

The interferon gamma blood test for bovine TB will have to be used in certain cases.

NORTHERN IRELAND 24 June 2026

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