IFA Animal Health Chairman Pat Farrell said the Department of Agriculture’s request for information on the location of badger setts is a positive move in addressing the main driver of TB in this country.

IFA Animal Health Chairman Pat Farrell welcomed the contribution of the Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue to the TB Forum meeting today, and the interest shown by the Minister in attending the full meeting.

A delegation of farmers led by IFA Animal Health Chairmen, John Kingston, (Cork Central) and Derry Scannell, (West Cork) today highlighted farmer anger towards the recently issued Dept of Agriculture’s TB Herd Risk letters.  In protest, the delegation burned the letters outside the Department of Agriculture offices in Clonakilty. “All correspondence issued by the Department […]

IFA Animal Health Chairman Pat Farrell said the Minister for Agriculture must take control of the TB situation and convene discussions as a matter of urgency.