Dairy
Watch: McCormack on 'regret' over farm management deposit scheme
The Irish dairy sector has seen considerable changes in the last few years, let alone since 2009, when Pat McCormack...
Pat McCormack
Agri Politics
Changing of the guard at ICMSA becomes official
Denis Drennan has now formally succeeded Pat McCormack as president of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA). At the...
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How to avoid costly calf registration errors
Are you wondering how you can avoid costly calf registration errors and Bord Bia penalties? As the busy spring season...
Agri Politics
ICMSA: Farmers 'reserving their judgement' on food regulator
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) president Pat McCormack has said that farmers are “reserving their judgment” following the...
Rural Life
'Long overdue' proposal to cull deer welcomed
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has welcomed a government proposal to carry out a national deer cull. The...
Beef News
ICMSA: PGI approach should be used for other beef sector issues
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has congratulated all involved in securing all-island protected geographical indication (PGI) status for...
Beef News
ICMSA: PGI success will be gauged by higher returns to farmers
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has said that the success of the protected geographical indication (PGI) status for...
Agri Politics
Taoiseach and Green Party leader to address ICMSA AGM
An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan will be among the speakers at this year’s Irish Creamery...
Rural Life
Budget 2024: ICMSA claim gov 'failed' to recognise pressures
The government has “completely failed” to recognise farming income pressures in Budget 2024, according to the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’...
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Where might trees fit for a sustainable future?
The Teagasc Forestry One to One Clinics facilitate a discussion on where trees might fit for a sustainable future. Teagasc...
Environment
Need to 'accelerate' the rate of sustainable changes - Dawn Meats
There is a need to “accelerate” the rate of sustainable changes in the agricultural sector, according to the group commercial...
Agri Politics
'Cheap food era' needs to be recognised by von der Leyen - ICMSA
The Irish Creamery and Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has said that the start of “strategic dialogue” with farmers announced during...
Agri-Business
ICMSA accuses government of 'abject surrender' on derogation
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has blasted the government’s performance on Ireland’s nitrates derogation as “an abject surrender”....
Agri-Business
ICMSA: EU deforestation law needs 'stringent verification'
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has “warmly welcomed” the EU Parliament’s decision to ban the importation of products...
Dairy News
ICMSA: Farmers 'locked in' to co-op sustainability schemes
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has claimed that co-op sustainability schemes are locking farmers into anti-competitive input pricing....
Dairy News
Nitrates biggest challenge facing the sector - McCormack
As 2022 draws to a close, Agriland caught up with Pat McCormack, president of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association...
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Transition period & early lactation: A springboard to a successful lactation
A focus on management and nutrition during the transition period makes all the difference to performance in the next lactation. ...
Dairy News
European Milk Board elects new chair
Danish farmer Kjartan Poulsen has been elected as the new chair of the European Milk Board (EMB) by dairy producers....
Dairy News
Ministers urged to postpone cow banding proposal under NAP
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has called for indefinite postponement of the cow banding proposal for 2023 under...
Agri-Business
Budget 2023: 'Some measures will hinder others'
Questions have been raised on the government’s understanding of the agricultural industry’s contribution to the economy and the challenges that...
Agri-Business
Minister’s emissions-policy remarks ‘disingenuous’ - ICMSA
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has claimed that aspects of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s...