by admin | Jan 16, 2020 | Latest News, Press Releases
15 JANUARY 2020 ICSA sheep chair Sean McNamara has called on all political parties to commit to a new a significantly improved Sheep Welfare Scheme that would see a doubling of the financial benefit of the scheme to sheep farmers. “2019 was a very tough year for sheep...
by admin | Jan 14, 2020 | Latest News, Press Releases
14 JANUARY 2020 ICSA beef chair Edmond Graham has called on all beef farmers to insist on a minimum base price of €3.70 for steers and €3.75 for heifers immediately. “We have to begin the push to get beef price back above €4/kg. If we can’t do this in 2020, we will...
by admin | Jan 14, 2020 | Latest News, Press Releases
14 JANUARY 2020 ICSA president Edmond Phelan has slammed Channel 4 for scheduling a programme for airing tonight (Tues) which condones criminal activity. “The programme ‘How to Steal Pigs’ incites animal extremists to invade farms and steal pigs apparently on...
by admin | Jan 9, 2020 | Latest News, Press Releases
9 JANUARY 2020 ICSA president Edmond Phelan has said the major retailers attending the Beef Taskforce today gave no coherent indication that the 30-month rule is as important a requirement in the Irish market as processors would have us believe. “While all the...
by admin | Jan 8, 2020 | Latest News, Press Releases
8 JANUARY 2020 ICSA president Edmond Phelan has said processors and retailers must face up to the havoc being wreaked in the Irish beef sector as a result of farmers being forced to produce at below the cost of production. “For too long processors and retailers have...
by admin | Jan 6, 2020 | Latest News, Press Releases
6 JANUARY 2020 ICSA beef chairman Edmund Graham is urging farmers to bargain hard for their cattle and not to accept €3.60 for steers and heifers. “Prices are still languishing way behind where they should be. We had every expectation that prices would pick up...