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Welcoming reports that the EU Commission is under pressure to ban the use of dairy or meat terminology to promote or advertise vegetarian or synthetic foods, the President of ICMSA, Denis Drennan, said that the employment of terms like ‘sausage, ‘burger’ and ‘schnitzel’ in vegetarian or vegan foods was deliberate…

ICMSA has condemned reports that the European Commission is considering a further attempt to greenwash the controversial EU-Mercosur trade deal through a series of non-binding side attachments, describing them as “meaningless political cover for a deeply flawed agreement and simply an attempt to get support for the deal from the…

The delay in announcing the planning exemption for slurry storage is resulting in farmers now postponing investments in slurry storage and this is hugely regrettable in the context of our efforts to improve water quality and immediate Government action is required to address this delay.   The current limbo that some…

With the ECB announcing a further interest rate cut last week (5 June 2025) and with the ECB rate falling by 1.75% since June 2024 to the current rate of 2%, the President of ICMSA, Mr. Denis Drennan has called on all banks and Credit Unions to immediately spell out…

The Chairperson of ICMSA’s Livestock Committee, Michael O’Connell, has said that farmers will feel frustrated and disrespected by the “sneaky” 10c/kg cut in beef quotes late last week. According to Mr. O’Connell, the price drop was slyly introduced by procurement staff casually introducing new base prices from mid-week onwards. “It’s…

Speaking in advance of May milk price announcements, the Chairperson of ICMSA’s Dairy Committee, Mr. Noel Murphy said that a 50cpl base price (3.3% protein, 3.6% fat) is fully justified for May milk and Co-op boards should resist any attempt for milk price reductions for May given the current conditions…

Speaking at the Agriculture and Climate Change conference organised by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine and opened by An Taoiseach, ICMSA President Denis Drennan said that despite massive challenges Irish farmers were completely engaged in the effort to address climate change and the results and data were now…

The President of ICMSA, Denis Drennan, has said that what ICMSA is looking for in the current discussions in relation to TB is an ‘Action Plan’ that will set out clearly the requirements on everyone from farmers to other players in the livestock industry, including vets, the DAFM and other…

Referring to yesterday’s (21st May) meeting at the Commission Offices in Dublin ostensibly for the purposes of allowing Commission officials to give specific responses to the detailed questions put to them by the Irish farm organisations, the President of ICMSA said the exercise had been “hugely disappointing”.    Mr. Denis…

Commenting on today’s (May 14) publication of EU Commission’s proposals to simplify the CAP, the President of ICMSA, Denis Drennan, said that the proposals are unconvincing and while they may involve some minor improvements for some farmers, the overall ‘regulatory tide’ shows no sign of easing. Mr. Drennan said that…