Diseases

The experience of eradicating brucellosis shows that animal diseases can be eradicated, even in the face of farm organisation opposition to new measures, a Department official said.

The Irish Farmers Journal visited one of the 8.9-acre greenhouses while on an agricultural press tour of Hungary.

The trust levels among the adults surveyed surpass those of doctors and teachers.

ICOS hosted an information webinar on the opportunities for farmers in the bio-based economy with a focus on enhancing Ireland’s anaerobic digestion yield.

Temperatures are expected to rise in the coming days, bringing with it an increasing risk of respiratory problems in young cattle and animals recently housed.

In Ireland, blackleg was also variously known as black-quarter (with its Irish variants ‘cheathrú dhubh’ and ‘cheathrú ghorm’), quarter-evil, quarter-ill and speedy disease. John Flaherty reports.

The risk of bringing disease into a flock when purchasing sheep can be greatly reduced by having a good biosecurity policy in place.

The National Crops Research Centre held an open day, which showcased the evolution of crop production and how crop science has advanced over the past 60 years.