Agri-Business
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association has called for a "firm, non-negotiable" end date for delayed payments to be made under ACRES.
ICSA rural development chair Edmond Phelan has said that ongoing delays under the ACRES is 'undermining' confidence in all schemes
Rural Life
Edmond Phelan has been announced as the new rural development chair of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association (ICSA).
Agri Politics
Taoiseach Micheál Martin is being urged to "push for compromises on both sides" in order to secure a trade deal between the UK and EU.
Edmond Phelan has called on supermarkets to "face up to the fact that cheap food policies are unacceptable and unsustainable".
Beef
The president of the ICSA, Edmond Phelan, has set out an agenda in his first meeting with Dara Calleary this morning.
The "consensus in favour of a Mercosur deal" around Europe is "starting to fall apart", according to the ICSA.
Environment
Reducing food waste should be the "primary focus", rather than disrupting livestock systems, according to the ICSA.
The ICSA has called for the Beef Forum to be reconvened "as a matter of urgency" to "deliver real change".
Edmond Phelan, the former chairperson of the beef committee of the ICSA, will run for the presidency of the association.
News of a potential offer of a tariff rate quota for 85,000t of beef in Mercosur negotiations has triggered a dismayed reaction from ICSA.
The proposed takeover of Dunbia by Dawn Meats would be a major blow to competition within the beef sector, the ICSA's Edmond Phelan said.
