by admin | May 28, 2020 | Latest News, Press Releases
28 MAY 2020 ICSA sheep chair Sean McNamara has said the impending bank holiday weekend has seen factories pull prices again for no reason. “Lambs are still not that plentiful and with demand remaining strong at retail level the cuts this week are completely...
by admin | May 28, 2020 | Latest News, Press Releases
27 MAY 2020 ICSA beef chair Edmund Graham has said he is hopeful the Chinese market for Irish beef can be reactivated without delay. “This is an atypical case of BSE so it will not impact on our progress towards the OIE’s requirements around reaching negligible status...
by admin | May 22, 2020 | Latest News, Press Releases
22 MAY 2020 Following an online meeting with representatives from the Green Party, ICSA president Edmond Phelan said, “The priority for ICSA is to ensure cattle and sheep farmers achieve a fair price for their produce in a marketplace with greater transparency and...
by admin | May 20, 2020 | Latest News, Press Releases
20 MAY 2020 ICSA president Edmond Phelan has said the EU Commission’s launch of its Farm to Fork strategy would not succeed unless it charted a way to deliver a fair price to the primary producer. “The EU cannot continuously expect the farmer to do more for less, to...
by admin | May 20, 2020 | Latest News, Press Releases
18 MAY 2020 ICSA Animal Health & Welfare chair Hugh Farrell has said farmers cannot be expected to make up any monetary shortfall in the TB Eradication Programme as a result of minor reductions in EU funding. “The Department has allowed a narrative to emerge that...