The Minister for Agriculture says the next two years will be tough on farmers as he expects bovine TB cases to rise.
Minister Martin Heydon was speaking on Radio Kerry's Agritime with Sari Houlihan about the newly unveiled bovine TB action plan.
The plan was introduced in response to, what many are calling a crisis in Irish agriculture, with a 44% jump in cases nationwide since 2023.
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Minister Heydon says he expects more stringent testing to detect more cases initially, before the disease is brought under control:
