A press release from the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine, issued today, provides details of modified supports for farmers in whose herds BVD persistently infected (PI) calves have been identified. Full details are available by clicking here. ENDS
Speakers at Calf Events in Laois George Ramsbottom, Teagasc, Ingrid Lorenz, AHI/UCD, Rebecca Carroll, AHI, Christine Cummins, Teagasc Moorepark, and Bosco Cowley, AHI Technical Working Group Over 1,000 dairy farmers attended the first five of a series of seven CalfCare events held over the last two weeks in counties Wexford,…
Front Row – left to right: Larry O’Loughlin, Teagasc, Laois, Tommy Cahill, Host Farmer, Laois, Ingrid Lorenz, AHI/UCD, Fintan Monahan, Teagasc, Laois, John Donworth, Teagasc, Kerry, Siobhan Kavanagh, Teagasc, Wexford, Paddy Cahill, Host Farmer, Laois, Denis Brassil, Teagasc, Kerry, Grainne Dwyer, AHI, George Ramsbottom, Teagasc, Roberta McDonald, Aurivo. Back Row…
Letters have now issued to the approximately 7,300 farmers who participated in the voluntary phase of the national BVD programme in 2012, advising them as to whether or not they currently meet the eligibility criteria necessary for the awarding of Negative Herd Status (NHS), from 1st January 2015 (see footnote).…
This week, some 7,300 farmers who participated in the voluntary phase of the national BVD programme in 2012 will receive a letter from the BVD Implementation Group updating them on their herd status and testing requirements for 2015. Negative herd status From 1st January 2015 these herds will become…
Winners of the first CellCheck Milking For Quality Awards at the National Ploughing Championships Mr Michael Berkery, Chairman of the FBD Trust, met with some of the winners of the first CellCheck Milking For Quality Awards at the National Ploughing Championships yesterday. The award, which is sponsored by the FBD…
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has today announced modified and improved financial supports for the national BVD eradication programme. The new support scheme provides €120 to the first and subsequent PI calves born in beef herds in 2014 and €75 towards the second and subsequent PI female…
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At a ceremony in the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, last night, Animal Health Ireland received an award as part of the Irish Times/Intertrade Ireland Innovation Awards 2014. The award, which was presented by An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, was for North-South Collaborative Innovation. Commenting on the award, AHI CEO, Joe O’Flaherty, paid…
Good progress has been made by the end of the first year of the compulsory phase of the BVD eradication programme, with a significant reduction in disease incidence and very strong levels of compliance by farmers with the programme requirements. With the impending start of the breeding season for many…