Farmers travelled from across the southern half of the country to the IFA TB meeting in Mitchelstown where they heard a number of presentations on the topic from Department of Agriculture personnel.
A senior vet within the Department of Agriculture encouraged farmers to consider using bulls with better genetic resistance to TB in their herds.
With all the wheat, barley and oilseed rape safely sown, there is only the oats left.
TB was the main event on Tommy Moyles' farm last week as the annual herd test took place. If that wasn't enough, he attended a meeting on the subject on the eve of reading the test.
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By the end of September, TB reactors had reached the same levels of 2023 an IFA TB information meeting were told at a recent meeting.
ABP is the first processor to apply higher charges on post-slaughter inspections in Northern Ireland.
The annual bill for the bovine TB programme in NI looks set to break the £60m barrier
Close to 470,000 head of cattle were traded by cattle dealers and agents in 2023.
Meat inspection work in NI is undertaken by DAERA on behalf of the FSA.