N.Ireland
The suspected cases of bluetongue in Northern Ireland "must serve as a wake-up call", a farm organisation has urged.
Agri-Business
There is concern around "looming price increases" for farmers once new antiparasitic product rules take effect in the coming days.
Schemes
It has been described as "outrageous" that the number of eligible calves that can be paid on in the National Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme will be cut.
Beef
Farmers gathered outside the gates of Leinster House today to take part in a protest, led by the ICSA against the Mercosur deal.
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA) has slammed impending cuts to payment rates for schemes for beef and sheep farmers.
Uncertainty around the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and "harmful" trade deals are "threatening...
The ICSA has said that confirmation of Dawn Meats' acquisition of a 65% stake in Alliance Group is "bad news" for sheep farmers.
The ICSA said Budget 2026 does not go far enough to deal with the "real pressures facing beef, sheep, suckler, and tillage farmers".
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA) has said that falling cattle numbers leave...
The ICSA rural development chairperson, Edmond Phelan has said the proposed CAP budget for 2028-2034 would be a "disaster" for Irish farmers.
Video
The president of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association (ICSA), Sean McNamara and young farmer Katie Cooney from Co. Cavan joined the Agriland panel to tell us how a better future for young farmers can be secured.
Farmers are being treated as "collateral damage" in international trade deals in "efforts to...
While the new TB action plan contains positive aspects, many of the details are still to come and...
With rising beef prices, questions are been asked of the current bovine tuberculosis (TB) compensation ceiling limits.
Too many farmers are 'losing' out because the market value of their stock exceeds current TB...
Rural Life
ICSA president Sean McNamara said the decision by the EU Commission to push ahead with the Mercosur deal is a "betrayal" of Irish farmers
ICSA Beef chair John Cleary said: "The CSO is now showing a 24.5% collapse in cattle slaughterings in July alone."
ICSA president Sean McNamara has raised "family farm survival" in a meeting with Tánaiste Simon Harris and Minister Martin Heydon.
Sheep
ICSA Sheep chair Willie Shaw has expressed serious concerns over Dawn Meats acquiring controlling stakes Alliance Group.
The new suckler scheme ceiling "needs to go further to reflect the realities of suckler farming",...
A farm organisation has called out meat processors for what it considers their "futile attempt to...
The ICSA has said any move by processors to cut lamb prices again next week will "rightly infuriate sheep farmers".
The 3.8% drop in the number of cattle in Ireland "should be a wake-up call for policymakers", the...
