by admin | Jan 16, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
15 JANUARY 2019 ICSA president Patrick Kent has said that the defeat of Theresa May’s Brexit deal in the House of Commons has raised the level of risk for the Irish beef sector to status orange. “It is now urgent that the Government undertakes a concerted...
by admin | Jan 15, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
15 JANUARY 2019 ICSA sheep chairman John Brooks has welcomed the inclusion of meal bins as an eligible investment in TAMS for all sectors. “During our discussions on TAMS with the Department of Agriculture Food & the Marine ICSA had looked for this concession and...
by admin | Jan 15, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
15 JANUARY 2019 ICSA president Patrick Kent has described comments by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar regarding consuming less meat to mitigate climate change as “reckless in the extreme”. Commenting further Mr Kent said, “As one of the most important beef exporters in the...
by admin | Jan 11, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
11 JANUARY 2019 ICSA beef chairman Edmund Graham has commended the publication in the Farmers’ Journal of costs of production for a kg of beef outlined by Waterford farmer Billy Glasheen which demonstrates the need for straight talking about the future of the sector....
by admin | Jan 11, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
11 JANUARY 2019 ICSA Animal Health & Welfare chairman Hugh Farrell has called for a comprehensive research programme into the link between TB (tuberculosis) in deer and in cattle. “It is no longer acceptable that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine...
by admin | Dec 21, 2018 | Latest News, Press Releases
21 DECEMBER 2018 ICSA beef chairman Edmund Graham has said that the pilot initiative by the Department for the rearing of dairy calves must give the full unvarnished truth on the economics of this enterprise. “It is a worthwhile initiative to see what are the real...