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The President of ICMSA, Mr. Pat McCormack has said that a “window of opportunity” in relation to the beef crisis may have opened up that might allow progress to be made towards a solution that “everyone wants and needs”.  Mr. McCormack said that talks should be reconvened as soon as…

Citing the huge concern amongst farmers on the question of beef prices, the President of ICMSA has indicated that his association would be willing to be part of the reconvened beef talks. Mr. Pat McCormack said that against the looming threat of Brexit and very poor beef prices, farmer frustrations…

Following the latest announcements of July milk prices, ICMSA’s Dairy Committee Chairperson, Ger Quain, has stated that he believes that there is now a two-tier milk price system at play in the Irish market. The prices announced for the month of July have made this very obvious as there is…

“No-one asking the Minister to ‘set’ beef prices – but he must review “utterly dysfunctional” beef trade

The Deputy President of ICMSA has reiterated his organisation’s determination to keep the focus on eradicating TB and he expressed concern about what he described as “repeated efforts” to move away from that primary focus.

– The goalposts weren’t ‘moved’, they’ve been burned One of the complaints that you’ll hear most commonly cited by farmers is that ‘the goalposts have been moved’. This refers to the practice of changing regulations, requirements, targets or stipulations of a policy or ambition after those have been set and…

The Chairperson of ICMSA’s Livestock Committee has said that farmers would be “very sceptical indeed” of Professor Damien McLoughlin’s belief that retailers and processors were operating on wafer-thin margins or no margins at all where beef is being used to generate retail footfall.

– “Must Not Gather Dust” Speaking following the publication of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food & Marine report’s on “The future of the Beef Sector in the context of Food Wise 2025”, the President of ICMSA welcomed the report and said that it contained some useful recommendations that…

– YOU’RE NOT FOOLING US! It is that time of the year when dairy farmers would be normally be expecting to be enjoying the fruits of their Summer and preparing for the Winter ahead. Bills incurred during the Spring will be paid back with the expectation that all fodder would…

Pat McCormack, President, ICMSA I write this the day after attending Virginia Show (congratulations to all involved) and Minister Creed’s announcement of a fodder subsidy scheme of some €4.25 million, a move which will not – on its own – be anywhere near sufficient to deal with a challenge that…