Beef
The ICSA has confirmed to Agriland that Hugh Farrell will "no longer hold the position of general secretary" of the organisation.
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA) is urging farmers to avail of free...
The ICSA has claimed that a new repot showing a decline in Irish beef production makes the drop in cattle prices "impossible to explain".
Agri-Business
A farm organisation has said that the previous year's stocking figures "should be good enough for slurry import limits".
Sheep
Current spring lamb prices must be maintained through to the end of the season, a farm organisation has stressed.
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The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA) slammed a proposal on stocking rates for the next CAP.
Rural Life
A farm organisation has called on the government to require electricity suppliers to provide a guaranteed "ultra-low" night tariff.
A farm organisation has said that recent comments by former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar are "deeply misguided and risk creating a false and damaging divide".
ICSA beef chair Sean Sherman has said the 2026 National Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme (NDBWS) must be backed by sufficient funding.
The new €6 million on-farm badger biosecurity scheme under the TB Action Plan has been welcomed by the ICSA.
Agri Politics
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA) has said the government’s fuel support...
The ICSA has urged farmers to get ready for changes to the TB testing and animal movement regime from next week.
Government measures unveiled today (Tuesday, March 24) to address rising fuel costs will not protect food production, according to the ICSA.
The spike in fuel costs due to the Middle East conflict could see the cost of producing silage "double" a farming organisation has warned.
The ICSA has reacted angrily to the confirmation that the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement will come into force on May 1.
Beef farmers are facing a "crisis of confidence" due to falling factory prices, the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA) said.
There are further calls for the calculation of limits on slurry imports to be based on the preceding year's figures.
There has been reaction from the farm organisations to the announcement of changes to the bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) Financial Support Programme.
Ireland will take up the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU from July 1, and will hold that position until December 31.
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon said his attention has turned to monitoring potential market impacts of the EU-Mercosur deal.
A raft of new actions to curtail the spread of TB are set to be introduced next month, Minister Martin Heydon has indicated.
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Minster for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon has ruled out adding more farm...
Minster for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon has ruled out adding more farm organisations to the board of Bord Bia.
