Since the start of the year, 4,427 animals have reacted to the skin test.
However, reprieve could finally be on the way. Speaking to
Agriland today (June 30), Minister Poots said he hoped to launch the consultation within the
next fortnight.
July 8.
“I have a lot of the documentation signed off so we are now at the point where we will be going to the committee very, very soon,” Poots said.
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“After the committee, it will go out for consultation – hopefully in early to mid-July – so in the next couple of weeks. Once the consultation is complete then we will be making our decisions.”
Sean McAuley. Picture: McAuley Multimedia
FFA’s Steering Committee had written to Minister Poots on 30th March 2021 requesting a date when a cull of infected badgers would begin in Northern Ireland.
They said time has run out with all the pressures now on family farmers involved and in addition the spread of bTB into NI deer.
Sean McAuley stated that whilst FFA were pursuing a date due to understandable pressure from members and supporters, they welcomed the fact that Minister Poots had ‘responded very positively’ on April 16th.
“Many farming families (knowing that Edwin Poots himself is a farmer) will put a lot of faith in what he has written especially when that includes ‘I intend to announce this shortly’,” he added.
January 15, 2021 11:15 am
A bill lobbying to support high-welfare farming systems with fair prices is set to be discussed by members of Stormont’s Agriculture Committee.
The Farm Welfare Bill has been drafted by NI Farm Groups – an umbrella body which consists of Farmers For Action, the National Beef Association, Northern Ireland Agricultural Producers’ Association (NIAPA) and the Northern Ireland Livestock and Auctioneers’ Association (NILAA).
MLAs agreed to invite NI Farm Groups to present the bill to the committee.
Speaking on behalf of the group, William Taylor told
AgriLand he was hoping the bill could be adopted as emergency legislation.
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December 16, 2020 1:37 pm
Farmers For Action (FFA) has written to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urging him to seek a two-year extension to the Brexit transition period.
“Deal or no deal, Brexit is still a train wreck,” FFA Northern Ireland co-ordinator William Taylor told
AgriLand.
“Reports suggest Johnson has asked his cabinet to be free for a vote this week, which could infer they are close to a deal. But either way, Brexit will be a disaster.”
Taylor explained the letter appealed to the Prime Minister to “take stock of where the UK was the day after the 2016 referendum”.
Letter to No. 10