by admin | May 24, 2017 | Press Releases
24 MAY 2017 ICSA rural development chairman Seamus Sherlock has slammed Ulster Bank for profiteering on the agricultural cash flow support loan scheme. Mr Sherlock said that he was shocked to learn that Ulster Bank are charging a 1% set up fee for farmers availing of...
by admin | May 24, 2017 | Press Releases
24 MAY 2017 ICSA beef chairman Edmond Phelan has said he is very anxious about further consolidation of the beef trade in the hands of the big three following news that Dawn Meats is to acquire Dunbia. “Decreasing competition in the meat processing sector is bad news...
by admin | May 24, 2017 | Press Releases
24 MAY 2017 ICSA president Patrick Kent has said an ESRI report on “Risk-taking and Accidents on Irish Farms” has captured an essential truth that a major risk factor is the lack of adequate help for performing difficult tasks. Mr Kent said that this should cause...
by admin | May 19, 2017 | Press Releases
18 MAY 2017 ICSA rural development chairman Seamus Sherlock has questioned the legality of penalising farmers through the Basic Payment Scheme whose land has been burned unless there is absolute proof that the farmer was guilty of causing the fire. “It is abundantly...
by admin | May 16, 2017 | Press Releases
15 MAY 2017 ICSA sheep chairman John Brooks has attacked Tesco for undermining premium spring lamb producers by offloading spring lamb at unsustainably low prices in shops. “Tesco is currently selling leg of spring lamb at a ridiculously low price of €8.69/kg. This...