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Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A study conducted by the University of Oxford has concluded that bats can be “valuable allies” for farmers by feeding on important agricultural and forestry pests. The study was released today (Wednesday, April 17), on International Bat...

Australia’s back yard chicken owners urged to implement biosecurity measures in case of bird flu outbreak Written by Eliza Spencer from the Guardian Australia is the only continent free from the highly contagious H5N1 virus, after it was detected in wild bird colonies in Antarctica in February...

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 Brian McDonnell from Agriland Johne’s disease, also known as paratuberculosis, is a bacterial disease of cattle and other ruminants for which there is no cure. It is caused by the bacterium mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP). Cattle usually become infected as...

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...

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...

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland A displaced abomasum is not an uncommon occurrence during the calving season on dairy farms, and will present itself in a similar way to ketosis. It usually occurs within the first four weeks post calving, but the exact cause is not known. Calving is...

https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/sack-the-board-if-you-sack-me-says-red-tractor-boss Can't say I disagree with him on that, fire the lot of them... Get some people in that care about the farmers they are supposed to be working for, not the supermarkets which they have decided to work for instead.

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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...

Written by Colm Ryan from Agriland The British Veterinary Association (BVA) and the North of Ireland Veterinary Association (NIVA) are seeking engagement with Northern Ireland’s new Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs minister, Andrew Muir. The veterinary associations have jointly...

Apply these thoughts to your work as it relates to ever more rules, regulations, restrictions, cross-compliance, farm assurance, your ability farm without hinderance and your sanity

Written by Claire Sammon from Agriland The National Sheep Association (NSA) is urging the farming community to look out for their farming peers this January, as it can be a challenging time of year on farm. Farmers are currently dealing with harsh weather conditions such as frost and snow...

Here’s one for the cranks…. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/nipah-virus-explained-human-trials-uk-b2477624.html I wonder if this is what Gates was planning, I mean predicting….

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland A person from Scotland has died as a result of an ongoing E.coli outbreak, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed. News of the death follows warnings from the UKHSA and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) regarding four Mrs Kirkham’s Lancashire...

With 30 cases of STEC and the same strain as that in the cheese it looks more like the 2 are linked Their website says they are the last Lancashire cheese using raw milk. There is possibly a reason for that. No doubt some on here will have been drinking raw milk since infancy and make spurious...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) are warning the public not to eat four Mrs Kirkham’s Lancashire Cheeses due to E.coli concerns, after 30 cases were confirmed in recent days. The cheeses may be contaminated...

Annual health and welfare review of livestock now available to more farmers in England Written by Stewart Houston CBE The last time I wrote a blog post was in February, when I shared that the first step on the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway, the annual health and welfare review of...

Written by Francess McDonnell from Agriland There are no plans to establish an all-island system of identifying cases of bovine tuberculosis (TB) and Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD), according to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. But Minister Charlie McConalogue said the science...