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Roadside ragwort – who is responsible for controlling it?

A single plant can produce 50,000 to 200,000 seeds over a four- to six-week period, heightening the importance of addressing issues in good time.

6 August 2024 NEWS
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Over half of ragwort complaints relate to farmland

According to the Department of Agriculture, in the period from 2014 to 2023, a total 198 complaints were made about noxious weeds.

6 August 2024 NEWS
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Southwest herd loses two bullocks and a heifer to ragwort

Limerick regional veterinary lab reported that a herd submitted a number of animals in May 2023.

27 July 2024 NEWS
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Ragwort poisoning on the rise, warns AFBI

The plant is dangerous to livestock especially in ensiled grass or hay crops.

24 July 2024 NORTHERN IRELAND