by Kevin | May 30, 2013 | Press Releases
30th May, 2013The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association has described the current low prices being paid by factories for sheep as “totally unjustified and unacceptable.”ICSA national sheep chair, Paul Brady, sharply criticised the price cuts in recent days. “The...
by Kevin | May 30, 2013 | Press Releases
30th May, 2013The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association is urging motorists to be extra careful on the roads as farming activity goes up a gear as a result of the good weather. ICSA’s Connaught/Ulster vice president and spokesperson on health and safety issues,...
by Kevin | May 30, 2013 | Press Releases
May 27th 2013ICSA Rural Development Chairman John Barron has welcomed the news that Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, T.D. has joined with ICSA and other farm organisations in support of See Change, the national mental health stigma...
by Kevin | May 28, 2013 | Fodder Crisis
Fodder Crisis: ICSA’s early intervention ICSA presdident Gabriel Gilmartin was the first farm leader to respond to the the looming fodder crisis when he visited some of the worst hit farmers in West Cork in August 2012. Farms on heavy, marginal land...
by Kevin | May 21, 2013 | Press Releases
21st May, 2013The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association has welcomed a move by ferry company Stena Line to offer preferential rates on Stena’s Irish Sea crossings to hauliers who are importing fodder through a special ICSA scheme. The preferential rates came...