Beef
Some ease in factory age and weight limits as factories try to secure stock
There has been some ease in the implementation of age and weight cuts at beef factories around the country in...
Beef
There has been some ease in the implementation of age and weight cuts at beef factories around the country in...
Beef
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) president Patrick Kent has intimated that the EU may have decided to remove...
Beef
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) is protesting outside the EU Commission offices today due to the potential...
Beef
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) is to protest today, Wednesday May 4, in Dublin against the proposed Mercosur...
Sheep
A dubious method of determining age could see the price farmers receive for hoggets fall by €30/head, the ICSA’s Sheep...
Sheep
Farmers producing spring lamb are getting a raw deal by not receiving the proper information to make informed decisions and...
Rural Life
It is totally unacceptable that a farmer or landowner should find themselves facing a lawsuit through no fault of their own, ICSA...
Beef
Bord Bia should take a leaf out of Ornua’s book and suspend the Bord Bia farmer levy until viable markets for cattle...
Beef
‘Deep alarm’ has been expressed at progress on a Mercosur trade deal between the EU and South America, which includes proposals...
Beef
ICSA would welcome evidence to back up the meat processor assertions that key factory charges are in farmers’ interest. The...
Sheep
If the spring lamb sector is to be viable, we need processors to recognise the extra labour and costs that go...
Beef
Insurance premiums deducted from farmers at meat factories is in farmers’ own interest, according to Meat Industry Ireland. Following calls...
Beef
Calls have been made for an urgent investigation into insurance deducted from farmers at Irish meat factories. The Irish Cattle...
Dairy
The EU dairy crisis support package announced yesterday has been labelled insufficient by farming organisations in Ireland. While the Minister...
Rural Life
Farmers all around the country are petrified in their own homes and it’s only a matter of time until someone...
Sheep
Farming organisations are disappointed with the first quotes offered by factories for spring lambs this year. Irish Country Meats is...
Beef
Due to weight limits, the beef grid is no longer fit for its intended purpose of rewarding top conformation cattle at...
Beef
Marts should not be used as dumping grounds for calves that are not yet fit to be sold, according to ICSA...