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Agenda of BovINE to move further afield as talks continue 
The Beef Innovation Network Europe (BovINE) will see further discussions on sustainability as it identifies areas of priority for its 2022 plan. As the project team for BovINE focuses on topics of crop and grassland measurements, farmers, advisors, organisations and researchers are expected to engage in further deliberations as they move beyond the current topics to assess matters further afield. According to BovINE, nine EU countries are to join project…
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New parasite control programme set in motion 
‘‘Anti-parasitic resistance is a major challenge to the health of animals in the country and can impact on the profitability of farms. Recent analysis carried out by Teagasc found worrying levels of resistance to anti-parasitic medicines on the farms in the study.”  This is according to Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine Charlie McConalgue, who was speaking at a newly launched parasite control strategy aimed at bovine and ovine farmers.…