by admin | Oct 7, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA will host a special viewing of 67 in-calf heifers on the evening of Monday October 10 on the farm of Norman Connolly, Tuam Co Galway. Viewing will be followed by a discussion on the Future of Sucklers with ICSA president Dermot Kelleher and ICSA general secretary...
by admin | Sep 27, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has welcomed the allocation of €28 million for an additional suckler scheme as well as another year of the fodder support scheme, announced as part of today’s budget. However, he said that beef finishers and sheep farmers will be very...
by admin | Nov 17, 2021 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has told Minister McConalogue that the CAP Strategic Plan proposals are not doing enough for the suckler, beef, and sheep sectors at today’s CAP discussions at Backweston. “It is patently obvious that the Department of Agriculture’s CAP...
by admin | Nov 12, 2021 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Suckler chair Ger O’Brien has slammed the decision to make membership of Bord Bia’s Sustainable Beef and Lamb Assurance Scheme (SBLAS) mandatory for those wishing to participate in the proposed new Suckler Carbon Efficiency Scheme. “ICSA is very clear that...
by admin | Oct 29, 2021 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has said he is increasingly concerned that plans under the Department’s proposed CAP strategy for sucklers are going in the wrong direction. An ICSA delegation, which included ICSA president Dermot Kelleher and Suckler chair Ger O’Brien,...