NEWS & EVENTS

The President of ICMSA has said that farmers will be disappointed and irritated by the sentiments expressed by Minister of State, Pippa Hackett, on her attendance and impressions of the 13th Global Forum for Food and Agriculture.  Pat McCormack said that while no-one doubted the absolute importance of the environmental…

Following a meeting with the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine, the Deputy President of ICMSA said that the announcement of a 2021 National Reserve is very welcome and shows an laudable ambition on the part of the Department to encourage young people to consider farming as a career…

Farmers struggling with unmanageable farm debt or mortgage arrears have been told that there is a possible solution and invited to take part in a private virtual webinar to be held on Thursday, January 14.  The team of restructuring expert, Gary Digney, of accountants PKF-FPM and barrister, Keith Farry, who…

Commenting on the publication of the Ag Climatise report, the President of ICMSA said that the broad outlines of the ‘Roadmap towards Climate Neutrality’ were well advertised and farmers would have little difficulty accepting the scale of the challenges or the need for decisive measurable remedial actions. What farmers would…

The Chairperson of ICMSA’s Livestock Committee has told farmers with what he called “supermarket-suitable” cattle that there may be value in shopping around between factories for best prices. Des Morrison said that in-spec Herefords and Angus cattle with a dead weight of between 260kgs and 340kgs were currently in demand…

Commenting on the reports, ICMSA Livestock Committee Chairperson, Des Morrison, said that the fundamental point was that the trade within the EU was absolutely vital, operated to the highest international standards and could not simply be ‘banned’ on any unilateral basis or one person’s opinion. “As the Dutch Minister acknowledges:…

Speaking following discussions with the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine, the Deputy President of the ICMSA has welcomed the decision to reintroduce the TB Covid -19 procedures next week that were in place during the initial Covid lockdown earlier this year.   Lorcan McCabe said that the 28-day testing extension…

The President of ICMSA has said that as intensive negotiations resume on what Pat McCormack said could, hopefully, turn out to be the “Brexit home straight”, it is vital that the Irish Government kept its gaze fixed on what Irish farming and agri-food required by way of new post-Brexit trading…

Commenting on the CAP agreement reached by EU Agriculture Ministers, ICMSA President, Pat McCormack, said that farmers will be hugely disappointed given that the net effect of the Farm Council decision is that farmers are going to be asked “yet again” to do more with less, while precisely nothing has…

The President of ICMSA has welcomed the announcement as part of Budget 2021 of the introduction of a new calf weighing measure for farmers rearing dairy beef calves and Pat McCormack described it as an important first step to improving the integration between the dairy and beef sectors. Mr. McCormack…