SIGN UP NOW FOR OUR LATEST NEWS AND EVENTS
Keep up to date with latest news and events from ICMSA.
Fill in your name and email address and we will add you to our list of subscribers.
NEWS & EVENTS
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…
Read More
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…
Read More
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…
Read More
ICMSA President, Pat McCormack, welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Agriculture, Food & Marine of a €50m beef support package and said that it is recognition of the substantial losses suffered by beef producers due to Covid-19. Mr. McCormack said that it is important to recognise that all…
Read More
The Chairperson of ICMSA’s Dairy Committee has said that his Association expects the prices to be announced over the next days by processors for milk supplied in May to reflect what he called a “surging recovery”. Mr. Gerald Quain said that the rally that had begun in the last week…
Read More
Farmers under financial pressure due to Covid-19 should conduct a financial review in the coming week to access their circumstances for the second half of 2020 and determine if they need to engage with their financial institution, according to ICMSA Farm Business Chairperson, Mr. Shane O’Loughlin. The deadline for applying for…
Read More
ICMSA Deputy President, Mr. Lorcan McCabe has advised that the preliminary checks system for BPS applications which notifies applicants of any non-compliance in the areas of overclaims, dual claims, and overlaps is currently under way and will close in the coming fortnight. The system allows farmers to rectify any…
Read More
Tranche 17 of TAMS closes on Friday, 5 June 2020 and yet unlike previous tranches, no future application periods have been outlined by the Department of Agriculture, Food & Marine. “Funding under TAMS is committed to the end of 2020 so ICMSA expects 2-3 more Tranches but farmers have been…
Read More
The President of ICMSA has said that clarity is required immediately from both the EU and the Irish Government on the question of whether payments under all farm schemes will be at least maintained at current levels in 2021. Pat McCormack said this confirmation will provide farmers with a level…
Read More
The President of ICMSA said that people driving tractors while filming themselves for upload onto social media platforms was “dangerous, irresponsible and had to stop”. Pat McCormack said that he was appealing to these young drivers – specifically young men – to recognise the incredible dangers this practice represented and…
Read MoreLatest Headlines
- Sections
Contact Us
Telephone
+353 (0)61 314677