by admin | May 31, 2018 | Latest News, Press Releases
31 MAY 2018 ICSA rural development chairman Seamus Sherlock has urged all road users to be on their guard over the Bank Holiday weekend and beyond as farming activities ratchet up. “It’s a busy time on farms and there are increased numbers of tractors and other farm...
by admin | May 30, 2018 | Latest News, Press Releases
30 MAY 2018 ICSA sheep chairman John Brooks has said farmer frustration is growing with dismal returns on the sale of wool. “Wool prices are so depressed that they no longer cover the cost of shearing. It just amounts to yet another cost that sheep farmers have to...
by admin | May 25, 2018 | Latest News, Press Releases
25 MAY 2018 ICSA sheep chairman John Brooks has called on meat factories to up the weight limit for payment on spring lamb. Mr Brooks said, “Currently, the weight limit is ridiculously low at 20.5kg when it really should be a minimum of 22kg. The spurious weight...
by admin | May 24, 2018 | Latest News, Press Releases
22 MAY 2018 ICSA president Patrick Kent has said the static income figures for drystock farmers revealed in the Teagasc Farm Survey for 2017 demonstrates where CAP supports need to be directed. “The differential between the different farming systems is growing....
by admin | May 18, 2018 | Latest News, Press Releases
18 MAY 2018 ICSA rural development chairman Seamus Sherlock has said it’s time for Minister Flanagan and the Department of Justice to consider amendments to the scheme introduced to help local communities install CCTV systems as a crime prevention measure. “Funding...