Beef
Cattle exports 'tabled' with Turkish ambassador
The ICSA (Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association) had a delegation of senior representatives meet with the Turkish Ambassador, His...
Beef
The ICSA (Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association) had a delegation of senior representatives meet with the Turkish Ambassador, His...
Beef
Pending live export deals with Libya and Algeria will help put a realistic base to Irish cattle prices, according to ICSA...
Opinion
ICSA President Patrick Kent was in fine form on last Saturday’s RTE Countywide programme with Damien O’Reilly. He was responding...
Beef
ICSA President Patrick Kent will travel to Turkey over the coming days to visit the farms there on which Irish cattle are being...
Rural Life
A temporary High Court injunction against the ICSA has reportedly put a halt to the removal of a senior figure within...
Rural Life
Gorse burning has been mooted as a possible solution to the deer problem facing farmers in Co. Wicklow, the ICSA’s...
Environment
Farmers have reacted angrily to the lack of action being taken by Minister Heather Humphreys in relation to compensation for...
Beef
A much tougher response against Brazil needs to be taken by the EU Commission, according to the Irish Cattle and...
Beef
A number of Irish farm organisations have called for an immediate ban on all Brazilian beef imports in light of...
CAP / Schemes
Further delays in the €35m Hen Harrier Scheme are leaving farmers in a more ‘precarious position than ever’, the ICSA’s Rural...
Beef
The proposed takeover of Dunbia by Dawn Meats would be a major blow to competition within the beef sector, the ICSA’s...
CAP / Schemes
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is ‘sleeping walking into another IT fiasco‘, according to the ICSA Rural...
Environment
A total of 15% of farmers have been affected by illegal rubbish dumping, according to a recent survey on agricultural...
Rural Life
People in rural Ireland are outraged at the lenient approach to agricultural crime, according to the ICSA Rural Development Chairman,...
Sheep
The spirit of the Department of Agriculture’s new Clean Livestock Policy (CLP) for sheep is being ignored by processors in...
Beef
The Turkish live export market has very specific requirements for weanlings, according to the ICSA Suckler Chairman John Halley. The...
Beef
Beef factories are increasingly using their own feedlots to undermine the chance of independent farmers making a profit, the ICSA...
Rural Life
Officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine confirmed that the Government will cover animal transportation costs if Regional...