by Neassa | Dec 7, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Animal Health and Welfare chair Hugh Farrell has welcomed the publication of the Irish Deer Management Strategy Group’s (IDMSG) report and said its recommendations must be followed through. “This report is a positive development, not just in our battle against...
by Neassa | Dec 6, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has said it is unacceptable that some 18,600 farmers will have to wait until February 2024 to receive their ACRES payment. “ICSA, along with other farmer representatives, today (6 December) met with senior Department of Agriculture...
by Neassa | Dec 5, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Beef chair Edmund Graham has urged farmers to demand more for beef cattle in the lead up to Christmas with demand strong and supplies tight. “Factories are anxious to maintain their supplies to see them through Christmas and into January. While they might have...
by Neassa | Dec 1, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has said ICBF have gone too far with their changes to the beef breeding indexes regarding pedigree bulls. Commenting on the changes which came into effect this week Mr Kelleher said, “ICSA met with ICBF back in early November where we...
by Neassa | Nov 30, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has welcomed the omission of ruminant livestock from the final agreement on the EU’s Industrial Emissions Directive (IED). “ICSA has worked tirelessly on this issue with our partners in Farm Europe where we argued that including...
by Neassa | Nov 16, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Animal Health and Welfare chair Hugh Farrell has made it clear that the regionalisation proposal regarding different TB rules for different regions was flatly rejected by ICSA and other farm organisations at the recent TB forum. “The proposal emanated from the TB...