by admin | Jun 3, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Organics chair Fergal Byrne will host a Teagasc Organics Demonstration Farm Walk on his farm in Calverstown Little, Co Kildare next Wednesday, 8 June. The event will cover sheep, cereals, and beef finishing. Farmers and members of the public are invited to come...
by admin | May 12, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has said that he is concerned that young trainee farmers are getting a raw deal on a small minority of host farms where they do their placements for the green cert. “I want to see fair play for all trainee farmers on placement. I have...
by admin | Apr 13, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has called on Teagasc to clarify their forecasts for net margins on beef, suckler, and sheep farms for 2022. “It looks to us in ICSA as if the report is glossing over the likelihood that dairy incomes will be 10-15 times higher per...
by admin | Oct 18, 2021 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has called on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to address the complete imbalance in the board make up of bodies under the aegis of his Department such as Teagasc, Bord Bia and ICBF. “Suckler, sheep, beef and tillage...
by Kevin | Jul 30, 2013 | Press Releases
30th July, 2013Commenting on the publication of Teagasc’s mid-year review of agricultural markets and farm incomes, Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association president Gabriel Gilmartin has said that only the dairy sector can take comfort from strong product prices...