Agri Politics
The beef report done by Jim Power "was still not ready for publication" as of January 7, according to Angus Woods.
Beef
An IFA presidential candidate has claimed that food retailers and the food services sector are "hiding behind the factories".
Tillage
Angus Woods has called for the department to take account of the "exceptional weather conditions" in the various schemes it runs.
Calls are mounting for meat plant protesters around the country to step away from protests, with Angus Woods adding his voice to these pleas.
Agri-Business
The IFA’s national livestock committee chairman, Angus Woods, launched his campaign to become the 16th president of the IFA.
It has been highlighted that the heavy rainfall in recent weeks has "taken a high toll" with a lot of farmers reporting heavy lodging.
More funding is needed to manage the fallout from Brexit and the pricing difficulties, according to the IFA's national livestock chairperson.
The ongoing beef talks must shift focus to price and income for livestock farmers, according to the IFA's livestock chairman, Angus Woods.
Farmers are being urged to apply for the €100 million Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) scheme by IFA presidential candidate Angus Woods.
The IFA is calling on all eligible farmers to apply for BEAM, the opening date for which was confirmed as next Monday by Minister Creed.
The recommendations from the CCAC to cut the size of the national suckler herd has been slammed by a leading figure in the IFA.
IFA livestock chairman Angus Woods has declared his intentions to run for the role of IFA president in this year's presidential elections.
The president of an Irish farm lobby group has accused the European Commission of "hypocrisy" for doing a trade deal with South America.
Beef farmers have lost over €100 million since last autumn as a result of Brexit, according to the president of the IFA.
An "intensive lobby" of all TDs and Senators will be held by the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) in Dublin next Wednesday (February 13).
Tackling the low incomes on cattle farms must be the key policy focus for Food Wise 2025, according to the IFA's national livestock chairman.
The factory/farmer stalemate has continued and farmers will find that processors have opted to keep quotes at last week's levels.
This week, the majority of processors are now offering base quotes of 390c/kg for steers and 400c/kg for heifers.
Beef factories, for the most part, have succeeded in their quest to bring steer base quotes down to 390c/kg this week.
The demand for beef remains relatively strong; buyers are continuing to hunt for in-spec cattle ahead of the lucrative Christmas market.
“There is more in the beef price based on the market return and farmers need to dig it out." This is the message from the IFA.
Procurement managers across the country have reported tight supplies last week due to the National Ploughing Championships.
The EU Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan was in talks with the IFA, where the organisation voiced its opposition to any Mercosur deal.
