by admin | May 15, 2018 | Press Releases
15 MAY 2018 ICSA president Patrick Kent has given a sceptical response to the suggestion of an early slaughter premium as a means of keeping suckler numbers up. “Slaughter premia have been tried before and all they do is give a subsidy to meat factories and consumers....
by admin | May 14, 2018 | Press Releases
NEWS RELEASE / PHOTO OP 14 MAY 2018 ICSA is to mount a protest in opposition to the mandatory introduction of EID tagging for all sheep today, Monday 14 May. ICSA sheep chairman John Brooks has said that members of the ICSA sheep committee wish to highlight the...
by admin | May 14, 2018 | Press Releases
9 MAY 2018 ICSA suckler chairman John Halley has advised farmers to prepare now for the autumn live export market. “Expectations are for a lively trade to Turkey at the back end of the year. It’s likely that the 2017 figure of 30,000 head will be exceeded and could...
by admin | May 9, 2018 | Press Releases
4 MAY 2018 ICSA Roscommon chairman Ger Grehan has been elected to the position of national vice beef chair of ICSA at a recent meeting of the association’s beef committee. Mr Grehan is a suckler and beef farmer and hails from Taughmaconnell in the south of the county....
by admin | May 2, 2018 | Press Releases
2 MAY 2018 ICSA sheep chairman John Brooks has described the introduction of compulsory EID tagging for all sheep as “completely over the top on the part of the Department of Agriculture.” Mr Brooks was speaking following the announcement by Minister Creed that all...
by admin | May 2, 2018 | Press Releases
2 MAY 2018 ICSA president Patrick Kent has said today’s announcement on a proposed 5% cut in CAP funding in the next seven year EU budget will be very worrying for Irish farmers. Mr Kent was in Brussels for the speech of Commission president Jean Claude Juncker at the...
