NEWS & EVENTS

ICMSA concerned that quest for overall EU funding deal is diverting monies away from farming and rural support

2020-07-20

The President of ICMSA has expressed concern that in what he called the “understandable enthusiasm” for concluding a deal around overall EU funding that Irish farming and rural support will be sacrificed. Pat McCormack said that while it was premature to call the matter absolutely, it did look suspiciously…

ICMSA – “If EID tagging for cattle benefits the whole sector then the whole sector should contribute to the cost”

2020-07-17

Commenting on reports that the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine intends to move to a system of EID tagging for cattle, the Deputy President of ICMSA said that given that EID tagging has benefits that extend well beyond the farmgate, including benefits to livestock marts, meat processors…

ICMSA welcome June milk price increase from Glanbia Ireland

2020-07-14

The Chairperson of ICMSA’s Dairy Committee has welcomed the decision of Glanbia Ireland to increase its base milk price by 1.68cpl to 29.68cpl. Including the monthly share of profit (0.42cpl), the new total of 30.1cpl is now in line with the market returns and expectations. The Chairperson, Ger Quain, had asked all milk purchasers to pay at least 30cpl for June…

ICMSA wants integration of Dairy And Beef sectors to be supported

2020-07-13

ICMSA has highlighted the need to integrate the dairy and beef sectors and called on the new Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to introduce a scheme to do just that and produce beef that is sustainable, profitable and suitable for the marketplace. The chairperson of the association’s Livestock…

ICMSA Set Out Farmer Key Concerns To Minister Cowen.

2020-07-09

Speaking following a meeting with the new Minister for Agriculture, Food & Marine, Mr. Barry Cowen on the key priorities facing the agriculture sector, the President of ICMSA, Mr. Pat McCormack said, that ICMSA impressed on the Minister the need for sustainable farm incomes to be delivered and to be…

Teagasc Virtual Week 2020

2020-07-03

ICMSA welcome the appointment of Barry Cowen as Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

2020-06-29

Reacting to the announcement of Barry Cowen as Minister for Agriculture, Food & the Marine, the President of ICMSA said that farmers would be reassured by the appointment of someone widely recognised as having a knowledge of, and sympathy with, the farm families of Ireland. Pat McCormack said that it was…

ICMSA welcome the appointment of Barry Cowen as Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

2020-06-27

Food Safety Authority report on diet for One to Five Year-Olds stresses milk and says nut ‘milks’ are “nutritionally inadequate”

2020-06-23

The President of ICMSA has welcomed today’s report by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) which found that children aged between One and Five should be consuming 550ml of cow’s milk or equivalent amounts of yoghurt or cheese. Pat McCormack said that an expert and impartial voice had looked…

ICMSA say Programme for Government can be “new start” for relationship between environmentalists and family farms – Programme has positives but lacks specific budgets

2020-06-15

The President of ICMSA, Pat McCormack, said that Programme for Government was certainly detailed in its scope and ambition and he said that farmers would be reassured by the tone of several of the passages dealing with agriculture. Mr. McCormack said that efforts had been made to avoid the kind…