by Neassa | Jul 24, 2024 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Beef chair John Cleary has said it is now clear that farmers can no longer rely on their Basic Farm Payment to support beef production. “We have now reached a point where each sector must depend entirely on farmgate prices to determine the survival of their...
by Neassa | Jul 24, 2024 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Sean McNamara has said that the stark figures released today by Teagasc in the National Farm Survey 2023 must serve as a wake-up call to how dire the situation has become for Irish farmers. “The figures on farm incomes for 2023 are alarming and...
by Neassa | Jul 19, 2024 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Tillage chair Gavin Carberry has said tillage farmers must receive payment for baling straw following the last-minute cancellation of the Straw Incorporation Measure for 2024. “Many tillage farmers were relying on this payment, but now they find themselves not...
by Neassa | Jul 18, 2024 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Sean McNamara has called on Minister McConalogue to stop the decimation of vital farming sectors and preserve the fabric of rural Ireland by delivering for low-income beef, sheep, and suckler farmers in Budget 2025. “Farmers in these sectors are...
by Neassa | Jul 4, 2024 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Sean McNamara has called for the introduction of a Fodder Production Incentive Measure to offset likely fodder shortages over the winter. “Grass growth is well down on where we need it to be. As a result, cattle are being fed from the first cuts of...
by Neassa | Jul 3, 2024 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Sean McNamara has welcomed the agreement reached on an updated Farmers’ Charter of Rights. Speaking after the meeting held in Dublin on Tuesday (July 2), Mr McNamara said, “The negotiations around the formation of this Farmers’ Charter have been lengthy...