Removal of brucellosis testing has increased farming options

The options for stock rearing, stock outsourcing, and collaboration, become that bit easier after recent changes to Ireland’s brucellosis testing regime.

The changes announced by Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney in September at the Ploughing effectively ended the requirement for pre-movement testing of animals.

The changes are of immediate benefit to farmers who usually sell animals in the mart or from farm to farm.