by Kevin | Dec 9, 2014 | Press Releases
9th December 2014 ICSA president Patrick Kent said he was alarmed at reports that meat factories were offering different base prices for non-QA cattle. “This is a breach of faith of the beef roundtable outcomes and it does not augur well if we can’t even...
by Kevin | Dec 3, 2014 | Press Releases
3rd December 2014 ICSA rural development chairman Billy Gray has said that young farmers and new entrants can look forward to significant allocations of entitlement top-ups from the national reserve in 2015. “This is very good news for the agriculture sector and...
by Kevin | Dec 2, 2014 | Press Releases
December 2nd 2014 There is little solace for cattle farmers in the Teagasc outlook figures presented today according to ICSA president Patrick Kent. Net margins of -€96/ha for sucklers and -€166/ha for beef finishing in 2014 paint a sorry picture. While the figures...
by Kevin | Dec 2, 2014 | Press Releases
December 2nd 2014 The lack of compensation for farmers with hen harrier designation erupted at a very well attended meeting organised by Limerick ICSA national executive member Seamus Sherlock in the Devon Inn in Templeglantine last Thursday night (28 November)....
by Kevin | Dec 1, 2014 | Press Releases
December 1st 2014 The Roscommon branch of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association hosted a winter farming update last Thursday at The Core in Roscommon Town. A number of interesting presentations on key issues regarding farming during the winter were...
