SHARING OPTIONS: Hugh Farrell said every farmer has a right to a proper valuation of stock in the event of a TB breakdown. \ Donal O'Leary Suggesting that all animals could be accurately valued on a desktop basis rather than by live vaulations is “ludicrous”, the Irish Cattle & Sheep Farmers Association's (ICSA) animal health chair has said. Hugh Farrell said every farmer has a right to a proper valuation of stock in the event of a TB breakdown, and that this right must be protected. “Any moves to remove fair and proper valuations from the TB eradication programme will be vigorously opposed by [the] ICSA.