Beef
ICSA suckler chair, Jimmy Cosgrave has called on the government to 'step up' with investment for suckler farmers, as numbers decline
A reformed suckler scheme which is expected to have no upper limit on the number of weanlings per herd eligible for payment is expected...
Agri-Business
Participants in a number of farm schemes have one week left to submit data in order to ensure they receive payments.
IFA's Declan Hanrahan said Budget 2024 represents an increase in the overall funding, but the rate of payment per cow must be 'revisited'
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has written to farmers this week reminding them of the "key payment dates" in 2023.
Beef News
The ICSA has welcomed the extension to the closing date for applications for the new National Beef Welfare Scheme (NBWS).
Minister McConalogue has announced an extension to the closing date for the NBWS to midnight on September 26
DAFM has clarified information regarding the implications of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) testing within the new suckler scheme.
Aspects of the inclusion of a testing measure for IBR in a new scheme have left farmers "in the dark," according to the ICSA.
Just under 7,400 applications have been submitted to the new NBWS and over 2,300 draft applications are yet to be submitted.
