by Kevin | Oct 25, 2013 | Press Releases
25th October, 2013The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association has reminded farmers to ensure that they are properly licensed to drive vehicles with trailers attached. The association has pointed out that the Road Safety Authority are currently facilitating the...
by Kevin | Oct 22, 2013 | Press Releases
22nd October, 2013The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association is calling on the authorities to ensure that TB restrictions are sufficiently flexible to allow beef finishers to buy in cattle. ICSA beef chairman Edmond Phelan says, “At the moment, several DVOs allow...
by Kevin | Oct 15, 2013 | Press Releases
15th October, 2013The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association has welcomed funding of €23 million for a scheme to improve genetics in the suckler herd, announced as part of today’s Budget measures. ICSA president Gabriel Gilmartin said, “The new Beef Genomics...
by Kevin | Oct 15, 2013 | Press Releases
15th October, 2013The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association is questioning the price of concentrate feedstuffs and calling on milling companies to reduce their prices in line with the falling prices of the main ingredients. ICSA beef committee chair, Edmond...
by Kevin | Oct 15, 2013 | Press Releases
15th October, 2013The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association is once more calling upon the authorities to scrap the calendar farming restrictions for slurry spreading, which ICSA president Gabriel Gilmartin describes as “unworkable and unrealistic, given the...
