farming Archives - Northern Ireland Veterinary Today https://nivettoday.com/tag/farming/ The journal for the veterinary profession in Northern Ireland Mon, 01 Jul 2024 17:03:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.13 https://nivettoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-vet-favicon-32x32.png farming Archives - Northern Ireland Veterinary Today https://nivettoday.com/tag/farming/ 32 32 AVSPNI Summer Day 2024 goes off with a bang https://nivettoday.com/avspni-summer-day-2024-goes-off-with-a-bang/ Wed, 26 Jun 2024 14:18:43 +0000 https://nivettoday.com/?p=7465 The Association of Veterinary Surgeons Practicing in Northern Ireland enjoyed a wonderful Summer Day event on June 19. An enlightening tour of tour of the

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]]> NIVA president welcomes Stormont motion on vet medicines https://nivettoday.com/niva-president-welcomes-stormont-motion-on-vet-medicines/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 12:21:53 +0000 https://nivettoday.com/?p=7407 The passing of a motion by Stormont MLAs acknowledging the ‘deep concern’ around obtaining veterinary medicines after 2025 has been welcomed by the Ulster Farmers’

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]]> NOAH hails five-year plan to combat AMR https://nivettoday.com/noah-hails-five-year-plan-to-combat-amr/ Thu, 23 May 2024 11:31:30 +0000 https://nivettoday.com/?p=7391 NOAH (the National Office of Animal Health) has welcomed the government’s announcement of a new five-year plan to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Chief Executive Dawn

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]]> Johne’s diseases found in portmortem of calf by AFBI https://nivettoday.com/johnes-diseases-found-in-portmortem-of-calf-by-afbi/ Wed, 01 May 2024 13:36:47 +0000 https://nivettoday.com/?p=7351 Vets and farmers have been warned to be on the lookout after a case of Johne’s disease (Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP)) was recently diagnosed

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]]> Almost 5,000 farmers respond to bTB compensation consultation https://nivettoday.com/almost-5000-farmers-respond-to-btb-compensation-consultation/ Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:26:21 +0000 https://nivettoday.com/?p=7241 The Ulster Farmers Union has hailed the response from farmers to DAERA’s consultation on the proposal to reduce the compensation rate for cattle removed under

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]]> New Moredun Foundation Regional Board for Northern Ireland https://nivettoday.com/new-moredun-foundation-regional-board-for-northern-ireland/ Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:08:00 +0000 https://nivettoday.com/?p=7235 The Moredun Foundation, a leading farming animal health charity, has established a new regional board in Northern Ireland. This new board will play a pivotal

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]]> AHWNI launches website to help NI ruminant sector https://nivettoday.com/ahwni-launches-website-to-help-ni-ruminant-sector/ Mon, 04 Mar 2024 15:25:35 +0000 https://nivettoday.com/?p=7205 Eight years since the passing of compulsory legislation to eradicate BVD industry-led, not-for-profit organisation AHWNI has launched a new website to provide key animal health

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]]> One Health global honour for Queen’s academic https://nivettoday.com/one-health-global-honour-for-queens-academic/ Mon, 04 Mar 2024 15:11:59 +0000 https://nivettoday.com/?p=7202 Dr Simon Doherty from Queen’s University has been announced as the winner of the “One Health” category of the World Veterinary Association (WVA) Global Veterinary

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]]> NI vets and farmers frustrated by new IT system https://nivettoday.com/ni-vets-and-farmers-frustrated-by-new-it-system/ Thu, 22 Feb 2024 09:52:38 +0000 https://nivettoday.com/?p=7170 A new IT system designed to help with traceability in the agri-food sector has been criticised by farmers and vets. The Northern Ireland Food Animal

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]]> Vets in warning over cuts to bTB payments https://nivettoday.com/vets-in-warning-over-cuts-to-btb-payments/ Thu, 22 Feb 2024 08:46:25 +0000 https://nivettoday.com/?p=7166 A cut to the compensation paid to farmers when cattle are culled for bTB could put their business as risk, vets have warned. A  public

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