by admin | Jan 13, 2017 | Press Releases
12 JANUARY 2017 ICSA rural development chairman Seamus Sherlock is calling on the Department of Agriculture to adopt a more common sense approach to slurry spreading dates. Speaking today, Mr Sherlock said “Calendar farming restrictions for slurry spreading are...
by admin | Jan 12, 2017 | ICSA in the Media
FARMERS WEEKLY (UK) – 10 JANUARY 2017 © Tim Scrivener Irish beef farmers have called on the EU to pay farmers to cut suckler cow numbers in order to reduce beef supply. Farm leaders have been warning for a number of months that low prices are leaving beef...
by admin | Jan 12, 2017 | ICSA in the Media
IRISH EXAMINER – 10 JANUARY 2017 Suckler farmers need a €200 per suckler cow incentive to voluntarily reduce numbers in light of oversupply of beef in Europe, says ICSA suckler chairman Dermot Kelleher. He says that 200,000 more cattle will go for slaughter in...
by admin | Jan 12, 2017 | ICSA in the Media
AGRILAND – 9 JANUARY 2017 Prompt payment for schemes such as GLAS is critical for farmers operating on tight margins, ICSA Rural Development Chairman, Seamus Sherlock, has said. “ICSA has received many calls on the issue from farmers who have complied with...
by admin | Jan 12, 2017 | ICSA in the Media
THAT’S FARMING – 9 JANUARY 2017 The move comes in light of an oversupply of beef cattle in Europe. ICSA suckler chairman Dermot Kelleher has suggested that we need a €200 per suckler cow incentive to reduce numbers in light of oversupply of beef in Europe...
by admin | Jan 12, 2017 | ICSA in the Media
AGRILAND – 8 JANUARY 2017 Ireland needs a €200 per suckler cow incentive to reduce numbers in light of oversupply of beef in Europe and the complete lack of profitability in the suckler sector, ICSA Suckler Chairman, Dermot Kelleher. He said that we need to...
