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Call for Minister to intervene on Clean Livestock Policy as Kepak suspends lamb processing

ICSA Sheep Chairperson, John Brooks, has called on Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, to intervene in light of the news that Kepak has suspended processing of lamb due to difficulties surrounding the Clean Livestock Policy ...

12 Feb 2018 at 16:29

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ICSA meets with ICBF on changes to beef breeding indexes

ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has said ICBF must do more to allay farmers’ fears around the introduction of significant changes to Ireland’s beef breeding indexes. “Major changes to both Terminal and Replacement beef indexes are scheduled to be ...

15 Nov 2023 at 14:00

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Sheep farmers cannot survive on prices that have been consistently worse than last year

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 ...

03 Aug 2023 at 13:00

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ICSA calls for explanation on €1/KG beef differential

ICSA beef chair Edmund Graham has called on the meat factories and Bord Bia to explain how a €1/kg differential between British and Irish prime cattle can be justified. “This shows that factories are fleecing farmers. This ...

25 Oct 2023 at 19:00

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Mart closures will be 'inevitable consequence' if trade remains online

The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association (ICSA) has again called on Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue to open the marts in effort to address diminishing mart sales and the ...

10 Nov 2020 at 16:30

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Race on to become next ICSA president

The race to become the next national president of ICSA has begun with two candidates in the running following the conclusion of the formal nomination process. The candidates are: Dermot Kelleher, Co Cork. Mr ...

24 Nov 2020 at 13:29

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Farmers at wits end as factories continue their assault on beef prices

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 ...

02 Jul 2023 at 15:00

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Prices for suckler bred stock must be re-set say ICSA

ICSA Suckler chair Jimmy Cosgrave has said suckler prices will have to be reset to take into account increased costs plus the fact that the average suckler only farmer makes around €9,000 per annum....

02 Sept 2023 at 13:00

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Bord Bia have questions to answer on quality assurance say ICSA

ICSA President, Patrick Kent, has said that the board of Bord Bia have serious questions to answer about why the review of the Quality Assurance Scheme (QAS) has been allowed to drag on for so ...

21 Sept 2016 at 20:45

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Nitrates figures must be updated on a weekly basis - ICSA

ICSA Beef chair Edmund Graham has called for nitrates figures to be updated on a rolling seven-day basis to enable farmers to keep on track of the levels of organic N/Ha on their farms. ...

11 Nov 2023 at 09:00

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Factory beef prices hardening - time to push for more

ICSA Beef chair Edmund Graham has advised farmers that the ball is back in their court and that factory prices are hardening. “This week has seen a marked change with factories ...

08 Sept 2023 at 09:00

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UK announcements on triggering Brexit are a reality check for Irish agriculture

ICSA President, Patrick Kent, said that the announcement by British Prime Minister Theresa May that Article 50 would be triggered by the end of March 2017 was a signal for us ...

03 Oct 2016 at 19:24

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