NEWS & EVENTS

The President of ICMSA, Pat McCormack, has said that the association has been made aware of numerous cases where fertiliser suppliers have actually refused to quote enquiring farmers a current price for a specific volume.  Mr. McCormack said the practice was leading to speculation amongst farmers that – as the…

The Chairperson of ICMSA’s Farm Business Committee, Shane O’Loughlin, has warned farmers intending to engage with TBESS that claims deadline for the first month covered by the scheme, September ’22, is fast approaching.     “The TBESS provides support to qualifying farm businesses in respect of energy costs in the period…

Speaking after receiving many calls from confused and anxious farmers in relation to contradictory the Accelerated Capital Allowances (ACA) for slurry storage, ICMSA’s Farm Business Chairperson, Shane O’Loughlin, has said that the scheme for ACA on Slurry storage is “categorically” open for three years as first indicated in Budget 2023.…

The President of ICMSA has warned that while there is a very strong commitment from farmers to proactively pursue more sustainable farming practices and technologies in that effort, farmers are becoming wary of practices that are ostensibly about helping that commitment but which seem to amount to nothing but anti-competitive…

The Chairperson of ICMSA’s Livestock Committee, Des Morrison, has said that factories are facing a stark challenge going into the First Half of 2023 and one that arises “totally” from their unwillingness to recognise the margin pressures beef finishers are under. Mr. Morrison said that the factories reluctance to recognise…

The Chairperson of ICMSA’s Livestock Committee, Des Morrison, said that he expects farmer beef prices to move upwards substantially towards par with European Benchmark which we are currently lag significantly. Predicting that the high prices will continue into 2023, Mr Morrison said that many finishers are wary of soring input…

 The President of ICMSA has said that under the current circumstances, it is almost impossible for ICMSA to ‘sign-on’ to both the Dairy Vision Group and the Beef & Sheep Vision Group proposals.    Mr. Pat McCormack said that there was what he called “an unbridgeable credibility gap” between the detail…

Speaking following the latest Financial TB Working Group Meeting, Mr. Des Morrison, Chairperson of the ICMSA Livestock Committee stated that the Income Supplement increases on the table from the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine are welcome and will certainly improve the financial situation for those impacted by the…

The President of ICMSA, Mr. Pat McCormack has today called on the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Minister for Agriculture, Food & Marine to suspend the Nitrates Cow Banding proposal for 2023 because it is quite clear that the system is not sufficiently prepared to implement…

The deadline for submitting calf weights under the Dairy Beef Calf Scheme is fast approaching and the Chairperson of ICMSA’s Livestock Committee, Mr. Des Morrison advised farmers who have applied for this scheme to ensure that the calves are weighed and the weights submitted to ICBF by 5.30pm on Tuesday…