Department gives leeway on TB testing for calves
There has been widespread welcome for the decision by the Department of Agriculture to extend the COVID-19 TB testing Protocol to June 1st. The extension will allow calves up to 120 days be sold from farms without requiring a TB test for internal sales. This will allow farmers to plan…
VIDEO: Leitrim farmer distraught after being advised to cull herd
A Co. Leitrim farmer has voiced his anger at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine after receiving a TB Herd History Record Statement which advised him to cull all of his animals in his herd. See video below. Speaking to Ocean FM Kevin Comiskey, a well know framing…
TB eradication scheme ‘not working’
Sinn Fein Cllr Brendan Barry is calling on the Minister for Agriculture to take a more proactive approach to eradicating TB in Ireland. The Leitrim Councillor is asked him to look at the New Zealand model where they have taken a radical approach. In New Zealand with a cattle herd…