by admin | Oct 23, 2020 | Latest News, Press Releases
23 OCTOBER 2020 ICSA president Edmond Phelan has welcomed progress at the Beef Taskforce which went on late into the night (Thursday 22 October). “While ICSA would have preferred an exclusively suckler based PGI, the development of a...
by admin | Oct 16, 2020 | Latest News, Press Releases
16 OCTOBER 2020 ICSA beef chair Edmund Graham has said meat factories must follow through on their commitment to supply live weight information to farmers. “Under the terms of the Irish Beef Agreement meat processors gave an undertaking...
by admin | Oct 16, 2020 | Latest News, Press Releases
16 OCTOBER 2020 ICSA Animal Health & Welfare chair Hugh Farrell has said testing badgers for TB must go hand in hand with the push to map badger setts. “The Department of Agriculture is currently asking farmers for their assistance in...
by admin | Oct 14, 2020 | Latest News, Press Releases
14 OCTOBER 2020 ICSA sheep chair Sean McNamara has welcomed the Government commitment to undertake a feasibility study on wool which was announced by Minister Pippa Hackett as part of Budget 2021. “ICSA has been at the centre of a push to...
by admin | Oct 14, 2020 | Latest News, Press Releases
14 OCTOBER 2020 ICSA Organics chair Fergal Byrne has welcomed the increase in funding to the Organics Scheme announced in Budget 2021. “Increasing the funding to €16m annually and opening the scheme to new applicants is a step in the right...