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Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The Pedigree Cattle Trust is calling for an independent review of the measures taken to eradicate bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in Northern Ireland. The request was made at a meeting of farmers, hosted by the organisation in Co. Armagh. Leading Trust...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Culling badgers will not deliver the full eradication of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) according to a leading UK cattle vet. Dick Sibley, a veterinarian with 47 years experience, told a meeting hosted by the Northern Ireland’s Pedigree Cattle Trust in...

Webinar follow up: livestock and grassland Written by Becky Briggs We recently held a webinar for livestock and grassland farmers in England. A recording is embedded above. In the webinar, we gave an overview of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer and how the scheme supports both...

Anyone imported / exported stock from the republic ? is anything moving at the moment ? , france is off limits , have a enquiry for a ram and maybe looking to buy one .Im used to the hoops and jumps from france

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland As the breeding season approaches on farms, it is important that you begin preparations and ensure that everything is ready for the planned start of mating. The challenging weather conditions currently facing farmers mean that cows are not in as good...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Newry Show chairman, Brian Lockhart, has confirmed that maintaining the highest levels of biosecurity is an absolute priority when it comes to hosting an event which attracts large numbers of livestock to a single site. “We are totally guided by the...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The 2024/25 Northern Ireland Regional Food Programme (NIRFP) has today (Friday, March 29) opened for applications. Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) minister Andrew Muir announced the opening of the programme, which...

Written by Maeve Hennessy from Agriland Biosecurity involves taking steps to prevent the introduction and spread of infectious disease. This is a responsibility for every exhibitor at shows. This ensures that the exhibitors neither bring disease on to the premises or bring disease back to...

https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/scotland-new-calving-interval-of-410-days-added-to-ssbss.407024/ Current Scottish calving index figures

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland The most recent maps produced for the Northern Ireland (NI) and Republic of Ireland (ROI) bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) programmes show significant progress in reducing the incidence of the infection. The maps were compiled by the Centre for Veterinary...

3 week old Angus and Hereford calves, out of crossbred cows, well reared and will be a decent size for age. How much should we ask? Always do price across the board for bulls and heifers; last year was 120 bulls, 90 heifers. Same buyer for three years, he collects within a couple of days of when...

Ballygowan Texas – Entered for the British Blonde Society Sale at Dungannon Farmers Mart on Friday 22nd March - Online bidding via LSL - sale from noon. Texas is an 18-month-old son of Baltra Iceman and from a very milky home bread dam out of a Landais sired cow. Texas hit the ground running as...

Hi everyone, we’re looking for a new source of ideally Angus (named sire) calves anywhere between 100-140. Looking for at least 3 weeks of age ex farm, don’t want to be getting them from a collection centre or market for health status reasons. Aiming to fill the sheds from April to August. Need...

What are the figures like for fattening cull cows? I’ve quite a lot of mature hay that needs using up, plus a lot of straw too. It would be good to pass it through an animal to turn it into FYM. I’d need to supplement the hay with cake / molasses etc but was wondering what the figures look like...

Whitepeak Tsar Pp ✅ The FIRST Polled Blonde bull to sell at auction in the UK! ✅ The first Joystick P son to sell in the UK! ✅ Tremendous length, width and conformation! ✅ Impeccable temperament! ✅ Heterozygous Polled, meaning 50% of his progeny will be polled! ✅ Interbreed Male Champion...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Northern Ireland branch of the British Veterinary Association (BVANI) and the North of Ireland Veterinary Association (NIVA) have jointly elected Dr Sharon Verner as their new president. Following a year as junior vice president of both...

Is anyone using Myco-B and pleased with the results?

Welcome to Ruminant Health & Welfare Welcome to the first RH&W newsletter of 2024 Our important work continues with our focus now on developing a beef welfare strategy with the working group as well as progressing the welfare goals identified in the dairy and sheep strategies through 2024. As...

Written by Maeve Hennessy from Agriland New statistics from the Animal Health and Welfare Northern Ireland (AHWNI) have shown that Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) is at its lowest rate of positives since the compulsory programme started to help eradicate BVD. At the start of February 2024, there...

Spotlight on updates and additions to livestock and grassland offer Written by The Team Credit: Peter O'Connor Over the past few weeks, we've summarised the updates to our environmental land management offer by farm type. These posts follow last month's Agricultural Transition Plan...