by Neassa | Nov 13, 2024 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Suckler chair Jimmy Cosgrave has strongly criticised the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) for excluding calf weight data collected by farmers under the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) from their genetic evaluations. “Farmers diligently weigh...
by Neassa | Aug 20, 2024 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Suckler chair Jimmy Cosgrave has said the suckler sector needs urgent investment if the decline in suckler numbers is to be halted. “In the last three years, we have seen a roughly 15% drop in suckler calf births, and all indications are that this trend...
by Neassa | Jul 18, 2024 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Sean McNamara has called on Minister McConalogue to stop the decimation of vital farming sectors and preserve the fabric of rural Ireland by delivering for low-income beef, sheep, and suckler farmers in Budget 2025. “Farmers in these sectors are...
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 | Aug 3, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
-COUPLED PAYMENT ONLY WAY TO DELIVER REAL SUPPORT TO SUCKLER SECTOR ICSA Suckler chair Jimmy Cosgrave has said the new suckler scheme (National Beef Welfare Scheme) demonstrates that ICSA was 100% correct when it campaigned for a coupled suckler payment in the CAP...
