by admin | Jun 20, 2016 | Press Releases
17 JUNE 2016 ICSA president Patrick Kent has re-affirmed the ICSA commitment not to take levies from farmers selling their produce. “It is difficult to reconcile having money collected by meat factories with the need to speak out freely when farmers are getting a raw...
by admin | Jun 20, 2016 | Press Releases
17 JUNE 2016 ICSA sheep chairman John Brooks has questioned the benefit to the producer of the proposed Five Year Development Plan for the Irish Sheepmeat Sector submitted to Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed by Meat Industry Ireland (MII). “This is a great...
by admin | Jun 20, 2016 | Press Releases
14 JUNE 2016 ICSA beef chairman Edmond Phelan and ICSA Suckler chairman Dermot Kelleher have welcomed the announcement by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine that Turkey is now open for Irish cattle imports. “Finding new markets for live cattle exports...
by admin | Jun 14, 2016 | ICSA in the Media
IRISH INDEPENDENT – 6 MAY 2016 1European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom. Photo: Reuters The EU Commission looks set to row back on a draft offer allowing thousands of tonnes of South American beef to hit European shop shelves. Farming bodies have...
by admin | Jun 14, 2016 | ICSA in the Media
AGRILAND – 6 MAY 2016 There has been some ease in the implementation of age and weight cuts at beef factories around the country in recent weeks, according to the ICSA’s Eddie Punch. Speaking to Agriland, the ICSA Generally Secretary said that some beef...
