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ICMSA welcome Lakeland Dairies end-of-year bonus and call on others to follow

2025-01-15

Commenting on the first price announcement for the final month of 2024 Milk Prices, the Chairperson of ICMSA’s Dairy Committee. Noel Murphy stated that while the base price remained unchanged for November, it was encouraging and positive to see Lakeland Diaries pay a bonus of 0.8cpl paid on all milk…

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ICMSA say delivery of €17 billion of agri-food exports “a huge achievement by farmers and food industry”

2025-01-09

The delivery to the Irish economy of a record €17 billion of exports in 2024 is testament to the hard work and ingenuity of Irish farmers and the food industry, according to Denis Drennan, President of ICMSA. He added that the results were even more notable given that 2024 was…

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ICMSA say 2025 beef prospects ‘good’ as year’s prices start strongly for farmers

2025-01-08

The Chairperson of ICMSA’s Livestock Committee, Michael O Connell, has welcomed the hugely positive start to the new year’s beef trade and said that it is absolutely essential that beef prices remain strong for the year ahead, so as to close the gap with our UK counterparts and deliver a…

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ICMSA welcome extension of ‘Trailing Shoe’ TAMS Grant but want it available for all farmers

2025-01-08

Welcoming confirmation from the Department of Agriculture, Food & Marine that all individuals who are farming up to 170kgs of N per hectare before slurry exports are now eligible for the 60% grant for the trailing shoe slurry spreader, the Chairperson of ICMSA’s Farm Business Committee, Pat O’Brien, welcomed the…

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EPA Water Quality Data Brings Optimism For 2025 and the Derogation.  –  ICMSA.

2024-12-19

Commenting on the EPA’s early insight nitrogen concentration data published recently, the President of ICMSA, Mr. Denis Drennan, said that the January-June data for 2024 is certainly cause for optimism as we move into 2025, a year that is critical in terms of securing the nitrates derogation post 2025.   As…

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ICMSA say Commission “cynically” taking advantage of French political chaos to ‘sprint for the finishing line’ on Mercosur Talks

2024-12-06

The President of ICMSA has said that the Irish Government will have to move quickly and signal immediately its intention to not ratify any Mercosur Agreement – either in whole or part.   Mr. Denis Drennan said that it appeared that Commission officials were seizing the opportunity provided by the current…

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ICMSA highlight PRSI “absurd anomaly” in transition from Sole Trader to Partnership

2024-11-18

  The Chairperson of ICMSA’s Farm Business Committee, Pat O’Brien, has called on the Government to address what he said was a serious anomaly that had farmers who had changed their enterprise status from ‘Sole Trader’ to ‘Partnership’ being asked to pay often sizable amounts of ‘back’ PRSI on the…

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ICMSA describe as “scaremongering rubbish” warnings of post-Christmas trade ‘correction’ in beef price

2024-11-08

While acknowledging the recent welcome increases in beef price, the Chairperson of ICMSA’s Livestock Committee, Michael O Connell, has derided as “rubbish” and “scaremongering” warnings from the beef processors that prices will be dropped immediately after the Christmas trade ‘Kill’ and we will head into the New Year in a…

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ICMSA “absolutely expects” milk price increase on foot of ‘mini rally’ in dairy markets

2024-11-07

Speaking in advance of Co-op’s October milk price announcements, ICMSA Dairy Chairperson, Noel Murphy has said that the association “absolutely expects” all Co-ops and milk purchasers to reflect the on-going buoyancy in the milk market. Mr. Murphy said there were some very questionable differences in the prices being paid by…

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Eamon Carroll, who also chairs the association’s Farm & Rural Affairs Committee, said there is a real lack of confidence in ACRES at present.

ICMSA welcome review into ACRES and identify lack of farmer confidence in ‘flagship’ Agri-environmental scheme

2024-11-04

Speaking following the announcement by the Minister of Agriculture Food and the Marine that there will be a review into the ‘flagship’ ACRES environmental scheme for farmers, the Deputy President of ICMSA welcomed the move. Eamon Carroll, who also chairs the association’s Farm & Rural Affairs Committee, said there is…

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