Beef
Electronic tagging of cattle only costs €1 extra and should be mandatory - ICOS
The Irish Co-Operative Society has called on the Department of Agriculture to introduce mandatory electronic tagging (EID) of bovines in Ireland. The...
Beef
The Irish Co-Operative Society has called on the Department of Agriculture to introduce mandatory electronic tagging (EID) of bovines in Ireland. The...
Agri-Business
The needs to be a greater sense of urgency around consolidation in the Irish dairy sector, according to the CEO...
Agri-Business
The leadership of the Irish Co-operative movement has been challenged to lower the age profile and gender profile of its...
Dairy
The new season in spring is likely to be a particularly challenging time, as dairy farmers may face significant cash...
Environment
A carbon efficient Irish agri-food industry can play a leading role in meeting the twin global challenges of climate change...
Dairy
Tomorrow’s Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction (October 6) is expected to strengthen again, according to ICOS dairy policy executive T...
Dairy
A flat ‘per dairy farm’ distribution of Ireland’s €13.7m share of the €420m EU dairy aid fund is the fairest...
Dairy
Dairy co-ops have agreed on a protocol to provide for the orderly transfer of milk suppliers, currently without Milk Supply...
Dairy
Much has been spoken about the 2014-2015 milk price crash, which has seen farmer returns fall by as much as...
Dairy
The co-ops’ decision to subside milk prices in 2015 could disadvantage Ireland when it comes to the national distribution of the...
Agri Politics
Farmers and ICOS are disappointed that there was no announcement to ‘review’ intervention prices among the package of measures by...
Agri Politics
EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan is set to propose a €300m support package for the dairy sector on Monday next (September 7),...
Dairy
A delegation from ICOS recently met with European Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan and presented the Commissioner with several measures to...
Dairy
A group of ICMSA members will take part in the pan-European dairy farmer protests, planned for Brussels on Tuesday, September...
Dairy
Sources of finance, such as the dairy superlevy fines for 2014/15 and the annual mapping penalties, could be used to...
Dairy
ICOS Dairy Policy Executive T J Flanagan expects the European Commission to come forward with a gesture that will positively change...
Dairy
With all the commentary about ‘oversupply’ of dairy in the EU market, it is often overlooked that the best way...
Dairy
ICOS has put together a set of proposals aimed at strengthening Irish and EU dairy, not only for the short term....