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It's untenable to expect farmers to keep producing food with excalating costs - ICSA

ICSA president Dermot Kelleher said that the government needs to understand that food and energy security are now seriously at stake in Ireland and across the EU. Following last night’s meeting between the three ministers in the Department of ...

09 Mar 2022 at 19:15

Local News

Progress starting to be made on deer management strategy according to ICSA

ICSA Animal Health and Welfare chair Hugh Farrell has said that he is encouraged by progress being made at the Deer Management Strategy Group, chaired by Teddy Cashman, towards a workable deer management programme. “For too long now, the out ...

04 Sept 2023 at 08:00

Local News

Sheep farmers cannot survive on prices that are not improving

ICSA Sheep chair Sean McNamara has said sheep farmers cannot survive on prices that have been consistently worse than last year. “Sheep farmers were hammered in 2022 when lamb prices tumbled while our costs were rising sharply, and the ...

30 Jul 2023 at 20:30

Local News

Focus must be on improving beef merit of dairy bred stock

ICSA Beef chair Edmund Graham has said the daily liveweight potential gain of calves born to the dairy sector must reach 1kg/day if beef farmers are to be expected to rear them: “We need to see a significant improvement in the beef ...

26 Jul 2023 at 09:00

Local News

Budget must tackle the imbalance in farm income across the sectors

ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has said the imbalance in farm incomes across the sectors must inform key Budget 2024 decisions in favour of low-income beef, sheep, and suckler farmers at a meeting today with Minister Charlie ...

27 Jul 2023 at 18:00

Local News

ICSA is strongly opposed to a widespread suckler herd sell out

ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has said that the national suckler herd cannot be sacrificed for climate objectives: “ICSA does not agree to the suckler herd being sold out as a measure to reduce total emissions. “It is ...

25 Jul 2023 at 10:29

Local News

Mistreatment of young calves is unacceptable says ICSA president

ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has expressed his outrage at the animal welfare transgressions exposed by RTE Investigates. “Any mistreatment of young calves is completely unacceptable, and anyone found to be acting ...

11 Jul 2023 at 16:08

Farming

Farmers are now at their wits end as beef prices fail to rise

ICSA Beef chair Edmund Graham has warned meat factories that their continued assault on beef prices is having a devastating effect at farm level and causing immense frustration amongst farmers: “The situation with ...

26 Jun 2023 at 20:02

Local News

Suckler herd must be treated fairly in all climate discussions

ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has said it is now time for the government to decide if they value the suckler herd as much as the dairy herd. “ICSA does not accept that the suckler herd is a major cause of global ...

20 Aug 2023 at 22:30

Local News

Straw shortage must drive change to organics scheme says ICSA chair

ICSA Organics chair Fergal Byrne has said consideration must be given to changing the Organics Scheme requirements around housing winter cattle so that housing in existing slatted sheds can be facilitated: “We ...

19 Aug 2023 at 14:03

Local News

New suckler scheme lacks ambition according to the ICSA

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 Strategic ...

03 Aug 2023 at 15:31

Local News

Sheep farmers suffering as prices here fall well behind other countries

ICSA Sheep chairman Sean McNamara has said lamb price in Ireland is now well out of sync with the UK and EU countries. “Current Irish lamb price, including QA bonus, excluding VAT, is at €6.23 paid ...

06 Sept 2023 at 11:30

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