by Neassa | Jan 18, 2024 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Beef chair Edmund Graham has said the resumption of beef exports to China is welcome but stressed that farmers must see a dividend as a result this time. “We have fought hard once again to get Irish beef back into the Chinese market and the opportunity is there...
by Neassa | Jan 11, 2024 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Beef chair Edmund Graham has called on RTE and the producers of the TV programme Operation Transformation to issue an apology to the farmers of Ireland for wildly misleading claims that red meat causes cancer. “On last night’s show (10 Jan) dietitian Sophie Pratt...
by Neassa | Nov 16, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Beef chair Edmund Graham, in welcoming the achievement of the PGI status for Irish Grass Fed Beef, has said that there is now no excuse when Irish beef prices are not above the EU average. “In both 2022 and 2023 to date, the second half of the year has seen Irish...
by Neassa | Oct 23, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA beef chair Edmund Graham has called on the meat factories and Bord Bia to explain how a €1/kg differential between British and Irish prime cattle can be justified. “This shows that factories are fleecing farmers. This differential is the highest in living memory...
by Neassa | Sep 29, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Beef chair Edmund Graham has criticised factories for attempting to direct the trade by pulling prices this week in order to fill their own feedlots. “Prices being pulled this week is a disgrace as there is no real justification for it. The average GB price...