by Kevin | Jun 26, 2014 | Press Releases
June 26th 2014Farmers are selling wool at a loss, according to ICSA Sheep Chairman, Paul Brady.”The average sheep produces 2½ to 3kgs of wool, and with top prices for good lowland wool coming in around €1.20/kg, famers are not recovering their costs at...
by Kevin | Jun 26, 2014 | Press Releases
June 25, 2014 – Food & AgricultureIn this latest Brussels Briefing on Agriculture, AGRA FACTS journalists Rose O’Donovan & Ed Bray provide an update on the latest developments in EU farm policy:- European Elections: how the rise of Eurosceptic...
by Kevin | Jun 25, 2014 | Press Releases
ICSA President Patrick Kent has told the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine that there is an urgent need to make farm partnerships as tax efficient as long term leases for farmers over 40 years old. “Farmers in the drystock sector are...
by Kevin | Jun 24, 2014 | Press Releases
June 24th 2014ICSA President Patrick Kent has expressed surprise and disappointment at Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney’s comments on farm household incomes.The Minister’s comments that that family farm income does not equate to farm household income,...
by Kevin | Jun 24, 2014 | Press Releases
June 24th 2014In the light of recent Teagasc figures showing that a farmer with 70 sucklers on 40 hectares can expect to generate €100 per hectare net profit on this enterprise, ICSA Suckler Chairman Dermot Kelleher has called on farmers to examine their profits and...
