Farmer fury over personalised herd TB risk letters from Department  

Personalised herd test history reports sent to farmers to help them reduce the risk of bovine TB have enraged IFA and ICSA.

Herd report letters sent to farmers to help them reduce the risk of bovine TB have backfired, with farmers saying they are furious. The reports offer herd-specific advice on how to reduce the risk of TB.

However, IFA Animal Health Chairman Pat Farrell said the letters are “a ridiculous and weak response” to the dramatic deterioration in TB levels.