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Pre Budget

ICMSA’s McCormack says farming and food sectors “effectively rudderless”

2020-08-27

The President of ICMSA has said that the Irish priority now must be to retain the Trade Portfolio within the EU Commission and that could only happen if the Government nominates someone with the requisite skill-set and a record of political and negotiating achievement.   Mr. Pat McCormack said that there…

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ICMSA say “National Interest” dictates that Hogan remains Commissioner

2020-08-23

Commenting on the calls for the resignation or sacking of EU Commissioner for Trade, Phil Hogan, the President of ICMSA has warned against what he called “cutting off our Brexit nose to spite our Covid face”.   Pat McCormack said that it would strategically self-defeating and self-indulgent for the Government…

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Tuberculosis

ICMSA say farmers will learn of Calleary resignation with “disbelief” and say replacement Minister must be appointed “immediately”

2020-08-21

The President of ICMSA said that farmers will learn of Minister Calleary’s resignation with something approaching disbelief. Pat McCormack said that it was unacceptable that the state’s biggest indigenous economic activity was without cabinet representation and that must be rectified immediately. Mr McCormack said it was difficult to remember a…

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ICMSA want Minister Calleary to take “personal interest” in beef exports to China

2020-08-14

The Chairperson of ICMSA’s Livestock Committee has urged Minister Calleary to “look at all the possibilities around re-starting beef exports to China”. Des Morrison said that not the least damage that recent events had inflicted on the farm and food sector was the halt to Irish beef exports to China…

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ICMSA’s Morrison says greater clarity needed from Dept on mechanical grading suspension.

2020-07-27

The Chairperson of ICMSA’s Livestock Committee has said that farmers will be perturbed by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s recent admission that so far this year the Department has suspended the mechanical grading in two factories and ordered those factories to revert to manual grading. Mr. Des…

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Minister Calleary hears that Govt “must make up” any cut in CAP

2020-07-24

An ICMSA delegation headed by the Association’s President, Pat McCormack, met Minister Calleary at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine this morning (Fri, 24 July) to discuss current challenges and opportunities in Irish farming and the wider food sector. The ICMSA President insisted that in the event of…

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Milk Policy

ICMSA call for comparative data on new CAP funding – “Government will have to make good any reduction in CAP payments”

2020-07-21

Reacting to what is still a very vague outline of the new funding arrangements, ICMSA President, Pat McCormack, said what was already clear was that agriculture has taken a hit compared to the previous programme period of 2014-2020 and it will be necessary for the Irish Government to supply three…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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