by admin | Mar 1, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Rural Development chair Tim Farrell has welcomed the announcement from the Department of Agriculture that all valid applications to the ACRES scheme will be accepted. “The ACRES scheme is about achieving all our environmental goals from protecting biodiversity to...
by admin | Nov 25, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Organics chair Fergal Byrne has reminded farmers currently in the Organics Scheme to re-apply for the scheme as their contracts will not automatically roll over into next year. “Existing Organics Scheme participants will have had their contracts roll over for the...
by admin | Nov 24, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Sheep chair Sean McNamara has described the €12 on offer through the new Sheep Improvement Scheme as woefully inadequate and an insult to sheep farmers. “CAP payments are supposed to support farmers, not make a mockery of them. €12 per breeding ewe is an insult...
by admin | Aug 31, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has said Ireland’s CAP programme signed off today by the EU is already no longer fit for purpose in the context of rapidly escalating costs. “As things stand this CAP programme is no longer fit to deal with food security, nor is it fit...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has today insisted that further supports must be directed towards the vulnerable beef, suckler, and sheep sectors in a meeting with Minister McConalogue and senior Department of Agriculture officials. “These lower income sectors are...
