by Neassa | Mar 6, 2026 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Rural Development chair Edmond Phelan has said the surge in global fuel prices highlights the need for Europe to prioritise bioethanol imports over unnecessary beef imports from Brazil. “Events in the Middle East have upended energy markets in a matter of days,...
by Neassa | Mar 6, 2026 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Animal Health and Welfare chair John Barron has said the Department of Agriculture’s announcement restoring north–south trade of cattle and sheep is a sensible and welcome step. “Since the first case of Bluetongue was confirmed in Ireland earlier this year,...
by Neassa | Feb 27, 2026 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Sean McNamara has said the European Commission’s decision to provisionally apply the Mercosur trade deal, before the European Parliament has voted and while a legal review is pending, is beyond frustrating. “We campaigned long and hard for a legal...
by Neassa | Feb 26, 2026 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Beef Committee spokesperson Edmund Graham has said winter finishers are facing severe financial losses as beef prices remain well back on last autumn’s levels. “Once again, the extreme level of risk being carried by beef producers, and winter finishers in...
by Neassa | Feb 20, 2026 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA sheep chair Willie Shaw has said Irish sheep farmers are lucky to clear €25 per lamb at current prices, before a single hour of their own labour is counted. “Factories are quoting around €7.50 to €7.70/kg here. At the moment in Spain, lamb is making €10.77/kg...
by Neassa | Feb 13, 2026 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Beef Committee spokesperson Edmund Graham has said that while beef prices may have steadied in recent weeks, they remain nowhere near the level required to keep beef farmers viable. “The narrative that prices are ‘holding’ is simply not good enough. Farmers are...
