Standard TB skin test may under-diagnose older cows
The findings suggest that a significant number of older cows may carry the disease for many years without…
Warning of egg shortages as producers demand urgent price increase
IFA Poultry Chair Brendan Soden stated that farmers have warned retailers and packers for some time that current…
Claims for the dead and 10-herd email trails: Inside the Department’s efforts to tackle farm subsidy fraud
The Department has issued warnings over “circumvention” and fraud within the multi-billion-euro farm payment system. Stock image: Getty…
Farm organisations urge ‘maximum vigilance’ in response to first bluetongue case
IFA president Francie Gorman. Farm organisations have called for a “whole‑of‑sector response” and maximum vigilance after the first…
First case of bluetongue found in Republic as virus reaches Wexford herd
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, said a bovine infected with bluetongue virus serotype 3…
New study raises questions over TB testing during Covid
While live-animal detections slowed during 2022, the data from slaughterhouses told a different story The authors said that…
France joins Ireland in voting against controversial Mercosur trade deal
latest | The deal is still likely to pass when a vote takes place on Friday at EU level…
Taoiseach and Tánaiste confirm that Ireland is to vote against controversial Mercosur trade deal
BREAKING | Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attends an EU Council meeting in Brussels, as Italy’s position emerges as…
The steep price of deceit: What two divorce cases tell us about how the courts are dealing with marital breakdown on farms
One farmer counts cost of concealing asset while another pays price for ‘bogus deed’ The High Court warns…
Taoiseach’s ‘Mercosur for derogation’ link leaves bad taste
Micheál Martin’s comments “utterly unacceptable” says IFA president Francie Gorman Taoiseach Micheál Martin at the EU Summit in…
How soaring cattle prices brought down a €16m Munster cattle-buying firm
Major dairy- and beef-finishing firm has €351,000 debt to Cork Cooperative Marts Ltd The PSRA, established to regulate…
Suspected bluetongue outbreak in Co Down sparks 20km control zone and all-island alert
Bluetongue is a viral disease primarily affecting cattle and sheep, spread by tiny biting midges. While it does…