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Too much land excluded from forestry - Cahill
Rachel Donovan
At the moment, we have an awful lot of land, including peat lands, that are excluded from afforestation, Fianna Fáil TD Jackie Cahill has said.
2 May 2024 News
US beef mince tests negative for bird flu
Some 30 samples of beef mince taken from retail outlets tested negative for the disease.
1 May 2024 News
Actual TB spend in 2023 came to €137m
Including farmer's vet fees and estimated Department staffing costs increases the true spend of TB control to almost twice the reported figure.
Farmers with ash dieback to be paid €5,000/ha
Over 25,000ha of ash forests are estimated to be affected by ash dieback disease in Ireland.
30 April 2024 Schemes
Traces of bird flu found in one in five US retail milk samples
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said there is no evidence at present the disease poses a risk to human health.
29 April 2024 News
Lameness costs average Irish dairy farm over €4,000/year
A new paper published by the Veterinary Ireland Journal said lameness is estimated to be the third-most costly health issue of dairy cows after mastitis and fertility.
27 April 2024 News
Investigations continue into bird flu virus in US milk supplies
US authorities have stated that pasteurisation is likely to inactive the virus and allow processed milk to remain safe for consumers.
24 April 2024 News
BVD eradication finishing line in sight - Minister
Good progress has been made with the incidence of BVD-positive calves decreasing to 0.03% in 2023 compared with 0.66% in 2013, the Minister said.
21 April 2024 News
Revving up disease control on barley
The spend on barley disease control this year needs to be cost-effective. Mixtures are important for effective disease control and resistance management.
17 April 2024 News
One-fifth of west Wicklow herds locked up with TB
While the number of herds with TB around the country is increasing, so too is the spend on eradicating the disease. Anne O’Donoghue reports.
17 April 2024 News
Department signals earlier risk of nematodirus
Peak hatching will generally occur at the end of March in Munster and south Leinster and in the early days of April in the midlands and northern half of the country.
10 April 2024 Breeding & health
Finding the chink in the armour of fungicide resistance – it’s a numbers game
Steven Kildea of Teagasc explains that with almost 10 trillion septoria spores in 1ha of wheat it’s no wonder fungicide resistance builds up.
10 April 2024 Crop protection