by admin | Oct 6, 2016 | ICSA in the Media
FARMER’S JOURNAL – 21 SEPTEMBER 2016 Cattle at the Ploughing Championships 2016 in Tullamore. Irish Cattle and Sheep Association (ICSA) president Patrick Kent said he wondered if Bord Bia was fit for purpose and hit out at the drag in QA review. Irish...
by admin | Oct 4, 2016 | Press Releases
4 OCTOBER 2016 Speaking about the Agriculture Crime Survey, ICSA rural development chairman Seamus Sherlock said “The survey is the first to look at the full implications of agriculture crime in Ireland. It will focus on losses caused by criminal acts on farms. We...
by admin | Oct 3, 2016 | Press Releases
3 OCTOBER 2016 ICSA president Patrick Kent said that the announcement by British Prime Minister Theresa May that Article 50 would be triggered by the end of March 2017 was a signal for us to forget the wishful thinking. “We now need to deal with this reality check...
by admin | Oct 3, 2016 | Press Releases
3 OCTOBER 2016 However, ICSA president warns that approval process must result in real competition on November 1st ICSA has given a guarded welcome to the Department decision to move to an approval process for the supply of cattle tags which potentially will lead to...
by admin | Oct 3, 2016 | Press Releases
30 SEPTEMBER 2016 ICSA rural development chairman Seamus Sherlock has called for the October 15 deadline for slurry spreading to be extended due to the volume of waterlogged farmlands around the country. “ICSA has recently visited several farmers who are struggling...
by admin | Sep 30, 2016 | Press Releases
29 SEPTEMBER 2016 ICSA beef chairman Edmond Phelan has cautioned that the new Meat Industry Ireland (MII) beef policy document would be bad news for producers. “Increased production has always resulted in a price drop for farmers”, he said. “History has shown that if...
