NEWS & EVENTS

“Obviously we share the disappointment of everyone involved in farming, as well as the many thousands of the wider rural population who look forward to going to the Ploughing every year. But we understand completely the nature of the decision and the reasons behind it. It’s an essential part of…

While fully recognising the impact of Covid-19 on dairy markets since mid-March, the Chairperson of ICMSA’s Dairy Committee has queried what he said was the “over-pessimistic” outlook on milk price that was being advanced by certain commentators and bodies.  Ger Quain said that while it was obviously important that milk…

  The current flooding of houses, farm yards and farmland should come as no surprise to anyone and is as a result of decades of mismanagement of our river systems and it is totally unacceptable that families have to endure such mental and financial hardship according to Mr. Pat McCormack,…

The Chairperson of ICMSA’s Farm and Rural Affair Committee has called on the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to speed-up the approval process for the heavily oversubscribed Calf Investment Scheme. Denis Drennan noted that many of the farmers who purchased equipment are now waiting for their approval, unaware…

The President of ICMSA has said that it is “naïve” to think that our present politically uncertain situation is not affecting our ability to influence the CAP negotiations and he warned that others will use that vacuum against the interests of Irish farming. Pat McCormack said that while farmers did…

ICMSA 2019 Annual General Meeting South Court Hotel, Raheen , Limerick. Friday, 29 November 2019, 10.30am.   Discussion: Calf Welfare – Protecting our social licence and creating value. Joe Burke,Bord Bia LauraBoyle, Teagasc Martin Ryan, Head of Glanbia Beef Conor Geraghty, Veterinary Ireland Is the era of cheap food over? …