by Kevin | Jan 29, 2014 | Press Releases
29th January, 2014ICSA rural development chairman John Barron has described the revised 3rd Nitrates Action Programme as “a major disappointment to cattle and sheep farmers, because nothing has been done to address the madness of calendar farming. The revised plan has...
by Kevin | Jan 24, 2014 | Press Releases
24th January, 2014ICSA sheep chairman Paul Brady has expressed concern at the news that Kepak is to undertake a review of operations at their Hacketstown plant. “From the point of view of sheep producers, the possibility of a reduction in competition for lambs is a...
by Kevin | Jan 24, 2014 | Press Releases
24th January, 2014A delegation from the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association, along with the mart managers in Co Roscommon, has met with senior officials from the Roscommon Department of Agriculture office to challenge buying restrictions placed on TB-affected...
by Kevin | Jan 22, 2014 | Press Releases
22nd January, 2014Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association Beef Chairman Edmond Phelan said he “welcomes the re-opening of the Lebanese market to Irish beef and sheep meats, but it is of little consolation to Irish beef farmers who currently cannot sell...
by Kevin | Jan 20, 2014 | Press Releases
20th January, 2014Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association beef chairman Edmond Phelan has castigated meat factories for “misleading farmers by encouraging them into Friesian bull beef two years ago, and now leaving them high and dry. The bull beef backlog is now a...