by Kevin | Oct 29, 2014 | Press Releases
29th October 2014 ICSA president Patrick Kent has said that the 30-month requirement and realistic weight limits for bulls must be on the table for the two weeks of intensive negotiations on specs which are to follow Wednesday’s beef roundtable meeting....
by Kevin | Oct 29, 2014 | General News
29th October 2014 The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Tom Hayes T.D, today launched the Farm Hazardous Waste Collection scheme at Cillin Hill Livestock Mart in Co. Kilkenny. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine...
by Kevin | Oct 29, 2014 | UPCOMING EVENTS
Event Notice Teagasc Organic Farm Walk – Beef Wed, 5 November @ 2pmThe farm of Mark Duffy, Bellview, Cloger, Ballybay, Co. Monaghan Directions: From Ballybay, take the Castleblayney Road. Travel for 1½ miles and take the second right turn – sign for...
by Kevin | Oct 27, 2014 | Press Releases
October 27th 2014 ICSA beef chairman Edmond Phelan has reiterated that the key issue for this week’s beef roundtable is the unacceptable manipulation of specs by factories and retailers. “It is totally unacceptable that specs such as the 30-month limit for...
by Kevin | Oct 27, 2014 | Press Releases
27th October 2014 ICSA President Patrick Kent has said he welcomes the “more pragmatic agreement” reached by European leaders to reduce EU greenhouse gas emissions over the next 15 years. “The key point is that there appears to be a greater...