Beef
'Drop off in cattle numbers - price hike likely'
A drop off in cattle numbers should result in a strengthening of beef prices over the coming months, according to...
Beef
A drop off in cattle numbers should result in a strengthening of beef prices over the coming months, according to...
Agri-Business
Beef is the sector that is most vulnerable to a bad Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) deal, according to...
Beef
The Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney may well push to have a number of key recommendations agreed at the next...
Beef
The number of dairy-bred calves available to the beef herd is set to increase to almost 1m by 2020. With...
Beef
The boyant cattle trade being seen in marts across the county has been described as ‘frightening’ by ICSA Beef Chairman...
Sheep
A Cork sheep farmer arrived home on Monday (June 22) to find seven of his pedigree Zwartble ewes and a ram dead after...
Sheep
Sheep quotes are down at least 50c/kg on this time last year and sheep farmers are angry, according to the Irish...
Beef
Ireland’s BSE status should have no bearing on the age limit applied for the purposes of the prime beef specification...
Beef
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association (ICSA) will meet representatives from ICBF and the Department of Agriculture to discuss...
Sheep
The ICSA has called on sheep meat processors to justify what it’s calling a ‘savage’ price drop. ICSA sheep chairman...
Beef
Irish meat plants have no grounds to penalise prime beef cattle over 30 months of age, according to IFA National...
Environment
The ICSA has called for a standalone scheme to provide proper compensation for farmers with hen harrier designation. ICSA Rural Development...
Beef
The 6-year contract requirement for the recently announced Beef Data and Genomics Programme has been slammed by the ICSA ICSA...
Agri-Business
On the back of a visit from the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to Ireland the ICSA President Patrick Kent has said...
Beef
The Beef Forum is a month behind schedule, according to the ICSA. The organisation’s General Secretary Eddie Punch said the...
Agri-Business
A group of farmers have raised €50,000 towards its €100,000 aim to take a legal case against the Department of...
Agri-Business
Uncertainty around what is eligible land is a serious issue for farmers in Ireland and what is eligible land needs...
Rural Life
The fear of inspection is causing farmers to accept penalties on ‘ineligible’ land and not appeal the issues, ICSA General...