ICMSA chief: Department decision on compensation makes no sense
The dairy farmer group leader said the move was both ill-advised and illogical in that bovine viral diarrhoea does not discriminate by breed or sex of the animal. He also warned that the new compensation measures for the removal of bovine viral diarrhoea persistently infected animals show a lack of awareness that some farmers are retaining these animals even against best practice and advice.
The Castlebar-based farmer noted that ratio of persistently infected retention between dairy and beef herds is close to 50:50 and the exclusion of males and beef breeds from the dairy herd from the compensation scheme is a major oversight.
