€3.75m confirmed for BVD programme in 2024

This increased funding includes direct support to farmers with test-positive animals, and a 20% increased payment towards testing.

Mr McConalogue said that at the outset of the programme, BVD was costing farmers some €102m each year, a cost "which would continue into perpetuity".

€3.75m to support the Bovine Viral Diarrhoea eradication programme this year has been confirmed by Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue.

This increased funding includes direct support to farmers with test-positive animals, the minister said, and a 20% increased payment towards testing at €2.40 per animal, supporting up to 25 animals per herd.