by Neassa | Nov 9, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has said ICBF must do more to allay farmers’ fears around the introduction of significant changes to Ireland’s beef breeding indexes. “Major changes to both Terminal and Replacement beef indexes are scheduled to be introduced on 21...
by Neassa | Oct 27, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has said logic must continue to prevail when it comes to any decisions around NCT style testing on tractors. “This issue was settled in 2018 when after extensive stakeholder engagement it was agreed that only tractors with a maximum...
by Neassa | Oct 23, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has said that the Government must now use the deferral of the Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) to sort out the mess it has created whereby farmers are potentially being evicted from land they are farming. “No farmer can afford to pay a...
by Neassa | Oct 6, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has welcomed the common-sense decision to allow more time for farmers in the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) to become fully accredited to the Bord Bia SBLAS (Quality Assurance Scheme). Mr Kelleher said that ICSA had proposed...
by Neassa | Sep 29, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has said that the government needs to fix the mess they have made with the Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) immediately. “This tax is nothing less than a land grab which will destroy family farms that have committed no offence except to...