by admin | Nov 1, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
1 NOVEMBER 2019 ICSA president Edmond Phelan has welcomed the announcement by Minister Creed this morning to extend the closing dates for the BEEP scheme. Farmers will now have until 8 Nov to weigh their cows and unweaned calves and submit their data to ICBF by 15 Nov...
by admin | Oct 31, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
31 OCTOBER 2019 ICSA Animal Health & Welfare chair Hugh Farrell has slammed a Department of Agriculture report that suggests TB compensation levels are set too high. “This report will make no sense to any farmer who has endured a TB outbreak. It is patently...
by admin | Oct 29, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
29 OCTOBER 2019 ICSA president Edmond Phelan has called on the Minister for Agriculture to extend the deadline for submitting calf and cow weights under the BEEP scheme. “We are getting a lot of calls from our members who are panicking because they cannot arrange to...
by admin | Oct 29, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
29 OCTOBER 2019 ICSA beef chairman Edmund Graham has said that the only solution to the dairy bull calf dilemma is for dairy farmers to get beef farmers to contract rear the calves. He added that ICSA would be totally opposed to taking scarce CAP or state funds to...
by admin | Oct 24, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
24 OCTOBER 2019 ICSA president Edmond Phelan has called for more funding for the vulnerable beef, suckler and sheep sectors at a meeting with Minister Creed in Dublin today. “The situation for drystock farmers remains critical; suckler, beef and sheep farmers are...
by admin | Oct 21, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
21 OCTOBER 2019 ICSA beef chair Edmund Graham has said the approval of a further 14 beef plants to export to the Chinese market will only be good news if it translates into better prices for farmers. “We know the Chinese market is an important one, but we need to see...