Beef
Department commissions study into QPS in-spec bonus criteria
A consultancy study on the Quality Payment Scheme (QPS) in-spec bonus criteria that is currently in operation has been commissioned...
Quality Payment System
Beef
TD welcomes 'proactive approach' of Aldi in beef issues
A Fianna Fáil TD has welcomed the “proactive approach” of Aldi in relation to the beef price issue and the...
Beef
'No scientific basis provided' for movement penalties - ICOS
It is high time that the decade-old “dysfunctional” Quality Payment System (QPS) is reviewed, according to the Irish Cooperative Organisation...
Beef
'Age limits determined by processors and retailers' - Creed
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has outlined that the eligibility for additional bonus payments on...
Agri-Business
'4 movements rule must go, and must go now' - IFRG
The Irish Family-Farming Rights Group (IFRG) has called on the ‘four movements’ rule to be scraped, calling it “arbitrary” and...
Beef
QPS criticism 'fully borne out' according to farmers' group
The Chairperson of the ICMSA’s (Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association’s) Livestock Committee, Michael Guinan, has said his organisation feels vindicated...