by admin | Jan 24, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
-FARMERS ENTITLED TO SELL IN MARTS WITHOUT TEST ICSA Animal Health and Welfare chair Hugh Farrell has made it clear that pre/ post movement testing rules for breeding stock has not been agreed to by farm organisations in the absence of full payment for this by the...
by admin | Jan 16, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has welcomed the statement by Minister McConalogue that there will be no suckler cull scheme. “It is now imperative that we look at ways of funding active suckler, beef, and sheep farmers to keep them viable and to help them improve...
by admin | Dec 15, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA has today set out a series of proposals to the Minister for Agriculture to provide substantial funding to active farmers in the beef, suckler, and sheep sectors to help them deliver win/win solutions on climate change. In a meeting with Minister McConalogue ICSA...
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...