by admin | Jun 24, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
24 JUNE 2019 ICSA beef chairman Edmund Graham has called out the hypocrisy of EU leaders who are pushing for very challenging climate change restrictions on EU farmers while at the same time ignoring the massive climate change and environmental downsides of importing...
by admin | Jun 17, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
17 JUNE 2019 ICSA general secretary Eddie Punch has said that the Government Climate Action plan will be very challenging for the agriculture sector. However, he said that farmers will always respond to the right incentives. “ICSA believes that it makes much more...
by admin | Jun 17, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
7 JUNE 2019 The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association will host an open meeting to discuss the biggest question on beef farmers minds since Commissioner Hogan announced a €50m aid package, matched by the State, to cushion the financial blow farmers have...
by admin | Jun 17, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA suckler chairman John Halley has said that comments by EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan suggesting a payment for farmers wishing to exit the suckler sector need careful consideration. “Suckler farming is delivering unacceptably low margins because of the...