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The proposal from Dairy Industry Ireland calling for a clear focus in Bord Bia Quality Assurance Schemes on water quality issues amounts to a proposal for additional rules and regulations on farmers and needs to be called out as it is according to Mr. Denis Drennan, President of ICMSA, who…

Dairy markets have moved on considerably during the month of May and not only do dairy farmers need an increase in milk price, the market justifies it and dairy farmers need a strong signal from their milk processor that they understand the pressures on them at present by the delivery…

Speaking following a meeting with the EU Commission’s DG Environment in Brussels on the implementation of the Nitrates Directive in Ireland and in particular, the future of the Nitrates Derogation, the President of ICMSA, Mr. Denis Drennan said, that ICMSA clearly stated to the EU Commission the huge significance for…

Commenting on the guidance document published today by the Revenue Commissioners in relation to farmers reclaiming VAT on certain investment items, the President of ICMSA, Mr. Denis Drennan, said that while the guidance document provided clarity on a number of issues, the document did not go far enough and it…

Commenting on the Biomethane Strategy published earlier this week, the ICMSA President, Denis Drennan, said that the proposals were undermined by the Government’s failure to grasp – and state publicly – that it, the State, will have to underwrite the selling price of biomethane gas to the grid or biomethane-generated…

Speaking following a meeting with An Taoiseach, Simon Harris, the President of ICMSA, Denis Drennan, said that meeting had dealt with very serious short and long term challenges facing the agriculture sector that required speedy and concerted responses from both Government and the EU. Mr Drennan said the very existence…

  The President of ICMSA, Denis Drennan, has launched the association’s ‘ICMSA Guide To Election 2024’ at the Raddison Hotel in Limerick as the essential guide to agri and rural issues for both farmer voters and candidates in the run-up to the elections being held on 7 June.  Mr Drennan…

 The Chairperson of ICMSA’s Farm Business Committee, Pat O’Brien, said that the Association is being told that farmers are no longer even considering TAMS as the reference costings on which the grant is based move into the realms of fantasy.  Mr. O’Brien said wherever he goes in the state, he…

Speaking following meetings with two of the main banks, AIB and Bank of Ireland, ICMSA’s Farm Business Chairperson, Pat O’Brien, has advised farmers who are worried about their farm finances to engage early with their banks and in a way that allows them the space and time any possible issues.…

 Commenting on the round of March milk price announcements, ICMSA Dairy Chairperson, Noel Murphy, has welcomed the weather-related payments made by milk purchasers and Co-operatives and he particularly singled out the 5cpl payment from Carbery. “These weather-related bonuses are timely and very much needed by the Co-ops’ supplier members given…