by admin | Jan 27, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Organics chair Fergal Byrne has welcomed the news that all farmers who applied for the Organics Scheme under the last call for applications will be admitted to the scheme. “ICSA understands that some 2,134 applications were submitted by the 9 December 2022...
by Neassa | May 20, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Organics chair Fergal Byrne has said unless processors up their prices for organic cattle there is little hope of enticing livestock farmers to switch to organics. “This week we have seen the prices paid for conventional cattle exceeding those paid for organic...
by admin | Nov 2, 2021 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Organics chair Fergal Byrne has said a strategy to significantly expand exports of Irish organic produce must be developed in tandem with the push to expand the sector. “Such a strategy is required to ensure the proposed allocation of €256m to the sector as part...
by admin | Oct 21, 2021 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has said that the CAP funding proposals suggest that the Minister’s strategy for the beef and sheep sectors now seems to be in disarray. “I cannot understand how the Minister will agree with the direction of his Department where suckler...
