Agri-Business
Cork farmers legal fund up to €50,000 - more needed says Fitzmaurice
A group of farmers have raised €50,000 towards its €100,000 aim to take a legal case against the Department of...
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...
Environment
Hit squads of inspectors are going around the country inspecting farms according to TD Michael Fitzmaurice. Speaking at an ICSA...
Agri Politics
The proposed TTIP deal is a wake-up call for all involved, Patrick Kent, President of the Irish Cattle and Sheep...
Environment
The technical problems encountered by farmers attempting to sign up on-line for the new GLAS programme will be sorted out...
Beef
Farmers have been advised to resist possible cuts in base prices for cattle by ICSA beef chairman Edmond Phelan. According to...
Rural Life
The route of the proposed Dublin-Galway Greenway is not acceptable to Galway farmers, ICSA Galway chairman Pat Loughnane has said. He...
Beef
ICSA President Patrick Kent has said that the beef farming sector must face up to the reality that either all...
Agri-Business
The recent devaluation of the euro against Sterling and the US dollar will help improve farmgate beef prices, according to...
Beef
The next meeting of the Beef Forum will take place on Wednesday, February 4, according to a Department of Agriculture...
Beef
The new Teagasc suckler research herd in Athenry has come in for more criticism, with ICSA suckler chairman Dermot Kelleher expressing...
Rural Life
The suggestion by Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan that EU farm payments might be cut where farms don’t meet farm safety...
Beef
The proposal by the beef processing sector to pay a €3/head quality assured (QA) bonus demonstrates contempt not only for...
Rural Life
Anyone thinking of buying, or selling cattle on Donedeal should read its guidelines and take its advice. Put together with...
Beef
The number of beef cattle slaughtered in Ireland may well fall, year-on-year. But’s this is no guarantee that farmgate prices...
Agri-Business
EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan must establish an official auditing body with the power to scrutinise the buying and operational...
Agri-Business
ICSA beef chairman Edmond Phelan has told the first meeting of the Food Strategy 2025 Committee that farmer profitability must...