by admin | Aug 16, 2018 | Latest News, Press Releases
16 AUGUST 2018 ICSA sheep chairman John Brooks has said that sheep farmers right around the country are struggling to have their lambs slaughtered with factories fully booked up. “We are seeing big throughput numbers of sheep, however, questions about the origin of...
by admin | Aug 16, 2018 | Latest News, Press Releases
13 AUGUST 2018 ICSA animal health and welfare chairman Hugh Farrell has said that the TB situation in Monaghan is a matter of real concern. Reacting to figures from the Department which show that the rate of reactors per 1,000 in Monaghan is 5.12 compared to a...
by admin | Aug 8, 2018 | Latest News, Press Releases
7 AUGUST 2018 ICSA sheep chairman John Brooks has said while some sense has prevailed with regard to mandatory EID tagging for all sheep, the substantive issues have not gone away. Mr Brooks was responding to amendments to the scheme announced by Minister Michael...
by admin | Aug 3, 2018 | Latest News, Press Releases
3 AUGUST 2018 ICSA tillage chairman Gavin Carberry has welcomed the announcement this afternoon from Minister Michael Creed that an incentive scheme has been put in place to assist tillage farmers with the production of additional fodder. “ICSA has been adamant over...
by admin | Aug 3, 2018 | Latest News, Press Releases
3 AUGUST 2018 ICSA president Patrick Kent has said a pilot scheme promoting Micro Generation launched by Denis Naughten, Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment lacks the necessary ambition. Under the Micro Generation scheme, domestic customers can...