by admin | Nov 30, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Animal Health and Welfare chair Hugh Farrell has hit out at the Department of Agriculture for stating that new TB testing regulations under the European Animal Health Law have been rolled out with the agreement of stakeholders. “I want to make it clear that ICSA...
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 | Nov 22, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA general secretary Eddie Punch has called on Minister McConalogue to review the disastrous decision to replace the Burren Programme with the generic ACRES Co-operation scheme. “The Minister is risking undermining the incredible progress made in regenerating the...
by admin | Oct 24, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases, Uncategorised
ICSA Beef chair Edmund Graham has confirmed that ICSA has not agreed to any of the proposed measures to reduce emissions at today’s meeting (Monday October 24) of the Beef Vision group. “ICSA has reiterated that it will not accept any attempt to make sucklers the...
by admin | Sep 29, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has said he cannot fathom what the Government is thinking in proposing a 10% levy on concrete products including readymix. “How can this remotely make sense when government policy is to support farmers to increase slurry storage; not to...
