Agri-Business
ICSA calls for setting up of agri food auditing agency
EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan must establish an official auditing body with the power to scrutinise the buying and operational...
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...
Beef
Meat Industry Ireland has been accused of completely disregarding the recent roundtable agreement by ICSA Beef Chairman Edmond Phelan. Phelan says it...
Rural Life
ICSA president Patrick Kent has hit out at new penalty point offences which will disproportionately penalise young drivers in rural...
Agri-Business
Young farmers and new entrants can look forward to significant allocations of entitlement top-ups from the national reserve in 2015...
Beef
There is little solace for cattle farmers in the Teagasc outlook figures presented today, according to ICSA president Patrick Kent....
Sheep
ICSA sheep chairman Paul Brady has called for increased resources for sheep research, particularly in the light of recent EU...
Beef
Following lengthy discussions within the Roundtable last night, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Minister Coveney secured the...
Beef
Over 4,000 farmers have signed up to withdraw from the Bord Bia Quality Assurance Scheme according to the Irish Cattle...
Beef
Solutions and compromises that everyone can live with will be put forward at this week’s beef forum, according to the...
Beef
Beef mediation talks must deliver results on specifications which reflect Irish grass based farming according to ICSA president Patrick Kent. He...
Beef
The Beef Forum must deliver in terms of having the 420kg carcase weight limit and the post 30 month age...
Beef
Intensive talks on cattle specifications are to take place over the coming weeks, as the latest Beef Roundtable talks wound...
Beef
With beef farmers at the factory gates this week key industry stakeholders including the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney are...
Rural Life
Concern has been expressed over the definition of an active farmer under the 2014 Finance Bill, which ICSA President Patrick...
Other
There was a generally positive reaction to Budget 2015 from farm organisations and stakeholders following its announcement by the Minister...
Agri-Business
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association (ICSA) has confirmed with Agriland its Budget 2014 priorities. The organisation’s General Secretary...
Agri-Business
The mindset on Irish farms needs to change to protect the health of all who work and live on Irish...