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New IFA grain and animal health chairs elected
Anne O'Donoghue
John “the Boiler” Murphy and David Hall have been elected as chairs of the IFA grain and animal health committees, respectively.
8 January 2026 Northern Ireland
DAERA to partially pay for pre-movement bluetongue testing
"This is a unique situation based on current circumstances and is short term in nature to provide targeted sector specific support," Minister Muir said.
7 January 2026 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: TB deals us another blow
Out of the 125 cows blood tested for TB on Padraig Callanan's farm, 32 came back positive.
Industry told to go ‘full throttle’ to eradicate BVD
"We can’t lose sight of the progress that has been made" on BVD, says Animal Health Ireland CEO Patrick Donohoe.
7 January 2026 News
AHI driving CalfCare across the country for 15 years
Healthy calves, profitable farming events nationwide to take place in 2026.
5 January 2026 Advertisers' anouncements
UK gains reciprocal access for 13,000t of beef to US
US beef coming into the UK under the deal must comply with the UK’s sanitary and phytosanitary standards.
2 January 2026 News
Bluetongue vaccines to be rolled out
Reports on efficacy from the countries that have been using the bluetongue 3 vaccines have been mixed.
17 December 2025 News
Editorial: final hard yards for BVD eradication
Lessons should be learned from the BVD programme. Stronger powers and more stringent rules introduced earlier could shorten the race considerably.
17 December 2025 Viewpoints
Tighter movement restrictions for BVD herds
Herds which identify active BVD infection will be required to carry out pre-movement testing to reduce the risk of spreading infection to other herds.
17 December 2025 News
Green light for bluetongue vaccines as Minister warns of heightened risk
Four confirmed bluetongue outbreaks in Co Down have prompted Minister Heydon to permit farmers use bluetongue vaccines on cattle and sheep in 2026.
17 December 2025 News
BVD programme delivers economic benefit of €184m annually
AHI has announced details of the BVD action plan for 2026 which will take a "proactive and strengthened approach" to tackling the disease.
16 December 2025 News
Suspended prison term for farmer over neglect of cattle and sheep
Judge Gabbett said that “it is very hard to unsee what I saw here in the pictures provided to the court of the neglect of the animals”. Gordon Deegan reports.
15 December 2025 News