NEWS & EVENTS

The Chairperson of ICMSA’s Dairy Committee, Noel Murphy, has welcomed the contribution from Minister Heydon towards updating values in the BVD Financial Support Programme, but has stated that the funding – even incorporating the increase – will not even cover the value of the 2025 calf crop, much less the…

The Deputy President of ICMSA, Eamon Carroll, has called for the Bluetongue Vaccine to be made available in smaller volumes than the current minimum of 50 vaccines in the interests of lowering costs on farmers. Mr. Carroll said that in the present circumstances, attention must be given to lowering costs…

The Deputy President of ICMSA, Eamon Carroll, said that there is “utter confusion” at farm level on the status of the new rules on TB and their schedule of introduction. Mr. Carroll noted that despite the ‘alarm bells’ ringing loudly throughout 2025 on the surge in bTB, it was not…

Noting that the Government would appear to have adopted a ‘wait and see’ attitude to the issue of price surges on fuel caused by the war in the Gulf, the President of ICMSA, Denis Drennan, said that it had not escaped public notice that  – on the present system of…

“Trade to the North for breeding bulls, cattle for further feeding, cattle for slaughter and calves, is an integral part of our live export trade accounting for close to 50,000 cattle in 2025.  The economic importance of this market is hugely significant for all farmers, and it cannot be underestimated…

Speaking in advance of the upcoming round of milk price announcements for February supplies, the Chairperson of ICMSA’s Dairy Committee, Noel Murphy, said that there was a more positive feel to this round of announcements and ICMSA expected them to be, tentatively, “uplifting”.    “After six months of negative milk…

The President of ICMSA, Denis Drennan, said that the association was “inundated” with calls from farmers complaining about “flagrant” price-gouging and price-jacking. Mr. Drennan said that there were instances of farmers who had received calls on Monday informing them that quotations for fuel they had received the previous Friday were…

The Chairperson of ICMSA’s Livestock Committee, Michael O’Connell, has said that the publication of the 2025 Beef Carcase Classification & Price Report has raised questions that will need to be “both asked and answered” in relation to the grading and pricing systems operated by beef factories. Mr O’Connell said that…

Responding to the announcement that both jurisdictions, the Republic’s Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine and N.I.’s Dept of Agriculture, Environment & Rural Affairs have launched a ‘pilot’ scheme to co-ordinate attempts to tackle bTB in the specific Donegal/North-West region ICMSA’s Deputy President, Eamon Carroll, who said it was…

Speaking following a meeting with Piotr Serafin, European Commissioner for Budget and Christophe Hansen, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food, ICMSA President, Denis Drennan said that the first priority for the Irish Government must be to secure an adequate CAP budget under the MFF negotiations during 2026  – and that…