by admin | May 11, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Beef chair Edmund Graham has said the Government must not allow itself to be manipulated by supermarket interests when it comes to the pricing of key staples like meat, bread, vegetables, and dairy. Mr Graham was responding to yesterday’s (May 10) meeting of the...
by admin | Apr 27, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Beef chair Edmund Graham has said it is now clear there is no incentive for farmers to finish cattle earlier given how stagnant beef prices have remained over the last several months. “Back in mid-December we were getting €5.10/kg for heifers and €5/kg for...
by admin | Feb 23, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Beef chair Edmund Graham has said farmers here will be expecting a better price for their cattle if demand from China increases. “We fought hard to get Irish beef back into the Chinese market and we have an opportunity now to really make that market count, and...
by admin | Jan 31, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Beef chair Edmund Graham has called on Minister McConalogue to ensure that the Commercial Beef Value of all calves is displayed on mart boards as had been promised. “Back in December 2021 when the CBV was launched by ICBF, assurances were given that this...
by admin | Jan 5, 2023 | 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. “There was much optimism about the initial opening of the Chinese market in 2018 and there will be optimism again now,...