by admin | Jan 12, 2018 | Press Releases
11 JANUARY 2018 ICSA beef chairman Edmond Phelan has said he is pleased that some clarity is finally emerging regarding the value of the fifth quarter and it vindicates ICSA’s position at the beef forum over two years in which the association suggested that up to €150...
by admin | Jan 10, 2018 | Press Releases
10 JANUARY 2018 ICSA president Patrick Kent has said the announcement of record food and drink exports of €12.6 billion for 2017 again starkly illustrates that cattle, sheep and tillage farmers are not getting a fair share. “In 2017, suckler farms saw no increase in...
by admin | Jan 10, 2018 | Press Releases, Uncategorised
9 JANUARY 2018 ICSA sheep chairman John Brooks has said he is concerned that live exports of sheep fell by over a quarter in 2017, compared to the previous year. Bord Bia figures that show live exports of sheep were down 26% to 35,349 in 2017 compared to 48,036 in...
by admin | Dec 21, 2017 | Press Releases
21 DECEMBER 2017 ICSA sheep chairman John Brooks has called for the reopening of the Sheep Welfare Scheme to facilitate those who did not participate in the scheme in 2017. “There has been a significant underspend in the in the first year and on that basis I would...
by admin | Dec 15, 2017 | Press Releases
14 DECEMBER 2017 Patrick Kent has been re-elected ICSA national president at a meeting of the association’s national executive in Portlaoise tonight. Following the vote Mr Kent said, “It is an honour to have retained my position as president of ICSA. I am privileged...
by admin | Dec 13, 2017 | Press Releases
13 DECEMBER 2017 At an ICSA meeting in Ballyconnell, Co Cavan last night there was huge anger at the reluctance of the Government to launch a fodder crisis scheme. Acknowledging the anger of those present, ICSA president Patrick Kent said, “Farmers are under pressure...