by admin | May 22, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
22 MAY 2019 ICSA beef chair Edmund Graham has said farmer owned feedlots are entitled to a fair share of the €100m Brexit support package for beef farmers. “These farmers are important to the cattle trade and have suffered badly too,” he said. “It is important to...
by admin | May 22, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
21 MAY 2019 ICSA sheep chair Sean McNamara has called on meat processors to stop giving preference to lambs from the north and elsewhere at the expense of Irish lambs. “It’s disgraceful to see Irish lambs being turned away because lairages are full of imported lambs....
by admin | May 22, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
20 MAY 2019 ICSA’s sheep committee is today protesting at Irish Country Meats (ICM), Camolin, Co Wexford, as processors across the board continue to hammer sheep farmers with savage price cuts. Speaking at the protest, ICSA sheep chair Sean McNamara said, “There is no...
by admin | May 16, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
16 MAY 2019 ICSA beef chairman Edmund Graham has said that it is now vital that Minister Michael Creed engages in consultation with farm organisations on the means of distributing the €100 million Brexit package with a view to ensuring the money is with farmers as...
by admin | May 16, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
16 MAY 2019 ICSA beef chairman Edmund Graham has welcomed news that a Brexit package for beef farmers worth €100 million is due to be formally announced today (Thursday). “ICSA met Commissioner Phil Hogan in Brussels in April and he committed to asking the EU...